Possible Worlds
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765807157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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But for most of the period covered in this volume, he was the William Dunn Reader in Biochemistry at Cambridge University. Price served until 1999 as professor IIof plant molecular biology in the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. About the AuthorJ. He also served as the editor of Plant Molecular Biology Reporter from 1983 until 1997. S. He simultaneously served as Fellow of New College, in Oxford University's Horticultural Institute.Carl A. B. This is the first volume in a new series on the history and theory of science.. Haldane held many positions and received many honors during his lifetime
"YES!" according to John Anderson. This is a delightful collection of essays by one of the true giants of 20th century biology. I once asked Ernst Mayr what he thought of Haldane and he replied "Oh, he was a LOVELY man". That about sums it up. Haldane -along with Fisher & Sewell Wright- is justly credited with creating the "Modern Synthesis" of genetics, morphology, and evolutionary biology. He was also responsible for the original "dive tables" that modern SCUBA divers rely on to avoid the bends. Apart from his literally massive contributions to technical biology, Haldane had an enormous interest in what we now call "Science and Society". He wrote extensively f. Dale R. Palmer said These are older but still relevant articles. Haldane wrote some really cool articles back in the day. They are thought provoking and take your brain to a different point of view. I like to think about things from a different perspective and this compilation of science articles allows that very nicely.. JBS Haldane still one of the great science writers Brant Although written in the 1920s, the essays in this book remain readable, informative and fascinating. J.B.S. Haldane's famous essay on "Being the Right Size" has lost nothing of its force and brilliance, while even those essays whose facts have decayed in the progress of scientific knowledge lose nothing of the lucidity, honesty and dedication to science that characterized Haldane as a biologist. Even when writing on areas outside his personal specialization and even when the "facts" have been overturned by the passage of time and by revolutions in scientific knowledge, Haldane has something worth saying and worth reading.In fac
In an unusual introduction, Price takes the readers through their paces, discussing the situation then and now in vitamins, oxygen want, disease controls, and the rewards of science as such. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was a giant among men. Despite ideas on race, class and politics that have seen better times, Haldane was truly exceptional in translating the science of his time into ideas that "everyman" could readily grasp. This is followed by Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist. But even his failed predictions are perhaps the most interesting of all. But it was his belief in education that led to his preparing his popular essays for publication. I think that the public has a right to know what is going on inside the laboratories, for some of which it pays." So begins Haldane's collection of essays, perhaps the most public intellectual communicating science before the writings of Stephen Jay Gould. In his own words: "Many scientific
Price served until 1999 as professor IIof plant molecular biology in the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. This is the first volume in a new series on the history and theory of science.. He also served as the editor of Plant Molecular Biology Reporter f