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Daily Archives: May 14, 2009

Alfred Kinsey: Teaching Eugenics and Evolution

Textbook HistoryBy Ronald LadouceurMay 14, 20091 Comment

May 14, 2009 Alfred Kinsey, famous for his studies of human sexuality, was also a pioneer in the teaching of biology. Kinsey’s 1926 textbook, An Introduction to Biology (reissued with minor revisions in 1933 and 1938 as A New Introduction to Biology) is considered one of the best biology textbooks of the era. Kinsey, it…

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