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Clark's biography reveals the private life of J.B.S. Haldane--trail-blazing geneticist & physiologist, popularizer of science & 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
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JBS, Ronald William Clark
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
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- Titel
- JBS
- Untertitel
- The Life and Work of J.B.S Haldane
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ronald William Clark
- Verlag
- Bloomsbury Reader
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 392
- ISBN10
- 1448200784
- ISBN13
- 9781448200788
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, Wissenschaft, 20. Jahrhundert, England, Indien, Geschichte der Wissenschaft, Physiologie
- Beschreibung
- Clark's biography reveals the private life of J.B.S. Haldane--trail-blazing geneticist & physiologist, popularizer of science & 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