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Popularizing science : the life and work of JBS Haldane / Krishna Dronamraju.
Van Pelt Library QH31.H27 D766 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dronamraju, Krishna R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964.
- Haldane, J. B. S.
- Population genetics.
- Genetics, Population.
- Biological Evolution.
- Medical Subjects:
- Genetics, Population.
- Biological Evolution.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- ©2017.
- Contents:
- Family background and early life (ancestry, childhood, education)
- Charlotte and sex viri (marriage and scandal, sex viri)
- Eugenics and predictions
- Population genetics
- Evolutionary biology
- On being a guinea pig
- Chemical genetics
- Origin of life
- Human genetics
- The Marxist years
- Lysenko controversy
- Helen Spurway (second wife)
- Popularizing science
- Haldane and Huxley
- Relations with other scientists
- Moving to paradise
- Life in paradise (1957-1964) (death)
- Haldane and religion
- Impact of Haldane today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199333929
- 0199333920
- OCLC:
- 946104064
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