JBS: The Life and Work of J.B.S. Haldane
Clark's biography reveals the private life of J.B.S. Haldane - trail-blazing geneticist & physiologist, popularizer of science and dedicated...
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Clark's biography reveals the private life of J.B.S. Haldane - trail-blazing geneticist & physiologist, popularizer of science and dedicated Marxist. His relationships with colleagues & the political establishment were normally acrimonious - the reminiscences of friends & enemies, as well as his private papers, add the weight of personal insight to this examination of a great man.
Acknowledgments
1. Training
Life with father
The enjoyable experience
2. Testing time
The mathematics of evolution
A geneticist in the headlines
"The Prof" of U.C.
3. Into battle
Really facing the dictators
A scientist goes to war
A scientist fights the war
Lysenko: the inescapable choice
"The cuddly cactus"
4. The green fields beyond
The great decision
Aiding India
A brief look at paradise
Good-bye to all that
Bibliography
Index
- Format:
- Pages: pages
- Publication:1984
- Publisher:Oxford University Press (NY)
- Edition:
- Language:eng
- ISBN10:0192814303
- ISBN13:9780192814302
- kindle Asin:B005O7VKOO
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