Popularizing Science
The Life and Work of JBS Haldane
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- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2017. február 23.
- ISBN 9780199333929
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem384 oldal
- Méret 165x239x27 mm
- Súly 703 g
- Nyelv angol
- Illusztrációk 24 0
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Rövid leírás:
Evaluates Haldane's social and political background, as well as his scientific creativity and accomplishments.
TöbbHosszú leírás:
J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) is widely appreciated as one of the greatest and most influential British scientists of the 20th century, making significant contributions to genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biometry, cosmology, and other sciences. More remarkable, then, is the fact that Haldane had no formal qualification in science. He made frequent appearances in the media, making pronouncements on a variety of poignant topics including mining disasters, meteorites, politics, and the economy, and was a popular scientific essay writer. Haldane also was famed for conducting painful experiments on himself, including several instances in which he permanently himself. A staunch Marxist and convert to Hinduism, Haldane lived a diverse, lively and interesting life that is still revered by today's science community.
A biography of Haldane has not been attempted since 1968, and that book provided an incomplete account of the man's scientific achievement. "The Life and Works of J.B.S. Haldane" serves to fix this glaring omission, providing a complete biographical sketch written by Krishna Dronamraju, one of the last living men to have worked personally with Haldane. A new genre of biographies of 20th-century scientists has come into being, and thus far works have been written about men like Einstein, Oppenheimer, Bernal, Galton, and many more; the inclusion of Haldane within this genre is an absolute necessity. Dronamraju evaluates Haldane's social and political background, as well as his scientific creativity and accomplishments. Haldane embodies a generation of intellectuals who believed and promoted knowledge for its own sake, and that spirit of scientific curiosity and passion is captured in this biography.
This comprehensive look at Haldane is broken into five parts with each part representing a decade of his life, beginning with the 1920s, after a brief glimpse into Haldanes early family life. [...] This comprehensive book is obviously the result of extensive research on the author's part and pairs nicely with his personal knowledge of Haldane.I thoroughly enjoyed this biography, finding it interesting as well as informative. The details of Haldanes personal life had me incredulous; he was astoundingly diverse and unorthodox in many regards. [...] I believe it to be as competent a biography as is possible.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction
1920s
1. Family background and early life (Ancestry, Childhood, Education)
2. Charlotte and Sex Viri (Marriage and Scandal, Sex viri)
3. Eugenics and Predictions (1923)
4. Population genetics (1924)
5. Evolutionary biology (1924)
6. On being a guinea pig (1924)
7. Chemical genetics (1927)
8. Origin of life (1929)
1930s
9. Human genetics (1931)
10. The Marxist Years
1940s
11. Lysenko controversy
12. Helen Spurway (Second wife)
13. Popularizing science
14. Haldane and Huxley
1950s
15. Relations with other scientists
16. Moving to Paradise (1957)
1960s
17. Life in Paradise (1957-1964) (Death)
18. Haldane and Religion
19. Impact of Haldane Today
20. Timeline
Index
