Possible Worlds and Other Essays
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Possible Worlds and Other Essays

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Possible Worlds and Other Essays

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The essays in the first part of this book deal mainly with matters of fact. Those which follow are more speculative.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.

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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. ON SCALES
  3. SOME DATES
  4. ON BEING THE RIGHT SIZE
  5. DARWINISM TO-DAY
  6. ENZYMES
  7. VITAMINS
  8. MAN AS A SEA BEAST
  9. FOOD CONTROL IN INSECT SOCIETIES
  10. OXYGEN WANT
  11. WATER POISONING AND SALT POISONING
  12. IMMUNITY
  13. BLOOD TRANSFUSION
  14. CANCER RESEARCH
  15. THE FIGHT WITH TUBERCULOSIS
  16. FOOD POISONING
  17. THE TIME FACTOR IN MEDICINE
  18. ON BEING ONE’S OWN RABBIT
  19. WHAT USE IS ASTRONOMY?
  20. KANT AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
  21. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
  22. WILLIAM BATESON
  23. THE FUTURE OF BIOLOGY
  24. NATIONALITY AND RESEARCH
  25. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR AMATEURS
  26. SHOULD SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BE REWARDED?
  27. SCIENCE AND POLITICS
  28. EUGENICS AND SOCIAL REFORM
  29. OCCUPATIONAL MORTALITY
  30. WHEN I AM DEAD[7]
  31. THE DUTY OF DOUBT
  32. SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY AS ART FORMS
  33. MEROZ
  34. SOME ENEMIES OF SCIENCE
  35. POSSIBLE WORLDS
  36. THE LAST JUDGMENT