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Possible worlds / J. B. S. Haldane ; with a new introduction by Carl A. Price.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson), 1892-1964, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Medicine.
- Religion and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Routledge, 2017.
- Summary:
- Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Transaction Introduction
- J. B. S. Haldane, A Chronology
- Preface
- On Scales
- Some Dates
- On Being the Right Size
- Darwinism To-Day
- Enzymes
- Vitamins
- Man as a Sea Beast
- Food Control in Insect Societies
- Oxygen Want
- Water Poisoning and Salt Poisoning
- Immunity
- Blood Transfusion
- Cancer Research
- The Fight with Tuberculosis
- Food Poisoning
- The Time Factor in Medicine
- On being one's own Rabbit
- What Use is Astronomy?
- Kant and Scientific Thought
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- William Bateson
- The Future of Biology
- Nationality and Research
- Scientific Research for Amateurs
- Should Scientific Research be Rewarded?
- Science and Politics
- Eugenics and Social Reform
- Occupational Mortality
- When I am Dead
- The Duty of Doubt
- Science and Theology as Art Forms
- Meroz
- Some Enemies of Science
- Possible Worlds
- The Last Judgment.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-49774-X
- OCLC:
- 993768758
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