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J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964) was one of the most brilliant of British scientists - and one of the most controversial. A trail-blazing geneticist and physiologist, who used himself as his own guinea-pig, he was also a highly successful populariser of science, a dedicated Marxist, and a devotee of Hindu culture. His private life was often tempestuous: early in his career he was sacked from his Cambridge post after being cited in a divorce case - but reinstated on appeal; and his relations with scientific colleagues and the political establishment were normally acrimonious.
Haldane's most important scientific research, on the mathematical basis of evolutionary theory, was done at University College London. Towards the end of his life he founded the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory at Bhubaneswar in India having become an Indian citizen in 1960.
In writing this definitive biography, Ronald Clark was able to draw upon Haldane's private papers, as well as the reminiscences of the great man's friends (and enemies). Mr. Clark has written extensively on scientists and the application of science to modern life. His books include major biographies of Einstein and Freud.
Contents
PART I: TRAINING
1 Life With Father
2 The Enjoyable Experience
PART II: TESTING TIME
3 The Mathematics of Evolution
4 A Geneticist in the Headlines
5 "The Prof" of U.C.
PART III: INTO BATTLE
6 Really Facing the Dictators
7 A Scientist Goes to War
8 A Scientist Fights the War
9 Lysenko: The Escapable Choice
10 "The Cuddly Cactus"
PART IV: THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND
11 The Great Division
12 Aiding India
13 A Brief Look at Paradise
14 Goodbye to All That
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Postscript 1984
