A Dominant Character: How J B S Haldane Transformed Genetics Became Communist And Risked His Neck For Science Samanth Subramanian Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά

J B S Haldane’s Life Was Rich And Strange Never Short On Genius Or Drama—From His Boyhood Apprenticeship To Scientist Father Who First Instilled In Him A Devotion The Scientific Method Time Trenches During World War Where He Wrote Paper Numerous Experiments Himself Including Inhaling Dangerous Levels Of Carbon Dioxide Drinking Hydrochloric Acid Clandestine Research For British Admiralty Second Is Best Remembered As Geneticist Revolutionized Our Understanding Evolution But Peers Hailed Polymath One Student Called “The Last Man Might Know All There Be Known ” Foresaw Vitro Fertilization Peak Oil Hydrogen Fuel Cell Contributions Ranged Over Physiology Genetics Evolutionary Biology Mathematics Biostatistics Also Staunch Communist Which Led Spain Civil Sparked Suspicions That Spying Soviets Copiously Science Politics Newspapers Magazines Gave Speeches Town Halls Radio—All Made Day Famous Britain Einstein It Duty Scientists Think Politically Haldane Believed Sought Not Simply Tell Readers What Show Them How Beautifully Written Richly Detailed Samanth Subramanian’s Dominant Character Recounts Boisterous Examines Questions Raised About Intersections Politics—Questions Resonate Even More Urgently Today Σελίδες: 400 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm