Possible worlds

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Possible worlds

J.B.S. Haldane ; with a new introduction by Carl A. Price

Transaction Publishers, c2002

  • : pbk

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Possible worlds and other essays

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Rev. ed. of: Possible worlds and other essays. London : Chatto & Windus, 1927

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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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