The understanding of eugenics and progress after past failures.Eugenics, from the Greek word Eu-genes, which means "well-born or of good stock ". », In 1869 was the name given to the work carried out by the scientist Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911). Sir Francis Galton's work was based primarily on theories of biological evolution, first developed by Charles Darwin, and published in his book The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859. Charles Darwin theorized that all species of life descended from common ancestors and that natural selection had a profound effect using selective breeding to increase their value. Sir Francis Galton used Darwin's theories to propose that a man's natural abilities were inherited from his ancestral genes (Hereditary Genius, Galton, 1869). With the work of Charles Darwin in hand, Sir Francis Galton began to broaden his scientific base. Henceforth, “the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population” became the proposed definition of Sir Francis Galton's term, eugenics. Bernard A. Fischer, states: In the mid-1800s, a host of new social problems were developing in the industrialized world, although much ridiculed, Charles Darwin's 1859 publication, "The Origins of Species," opened the path to social engineering concepts later called Social Darwinism (2012). Alison Bashford, Phillipa Levine and Marlene Saunders, said Almost the same definition of eugenics, scientists tend to see the definition of eugenics as the creation of children through the selective reproduction of hereditarily superior human beings. Bashford and Levine stated that by the end of the 18th century many countries had studied heredity. ..... middle of article ......ncis Galton, FRS, Hereditary Genius, an inquiry into its laws and consequences, 1869Eugenics and the Modern World, by Bashford, Alison; Levine, Philippa; The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics, Oxford University Press: New York, NY. August 26, 2010A Not-So-New Eugenics: Harris and Savalescu on Human Enhancement, by Robert Sparrow, Hastings Center Report, Volume 41, Number 1, January-February 2011, pp. 32-42 (Article)The Human Genome Project: A Historical Perspective for Social Workers, by Marlene Saunders, Public Health Social Work, Department of Social Work, Delaware State University, Dover Delaware, United States, June 27, 2011Maltreatment of people with serious mental illnesses in the early 20th century. A Focus on Nazi Germany and Eugenics in America, by Bernard A. Fischer, MD, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 200, Number 12, December 2012