Possible worlds
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Possible worlds
Transaction Publishers, c2002
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Possible worlds and other essays
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Rev. ed. of: Possible worlds and other essays. London : Chatto & Windus, 1927
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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 1
- The Duty of Doubt
- Science and Theology as Art Forms
- Meroz
- Some Enemies of Science
- Possible Worlds
- The Last Judgment
- Epilogue
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