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The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It is noteworthy that the science of genes has once been the main fuel of Nazism. Lebensunwertes Leben— “lives unworthy of living”, this eerie phrase escalated the logic of eugenics. Nazi’s program of sterilization soon turned into outright murder of the genetic defectives. Euthanasia victims were killed, corpse were dissected and brain tissues were preserved for experiments. Ironically, “lives unworthy of living” were apparently of extreme worth for the advancement of science—genetic studies……