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J.B.S. Haldane: A Legacy in Several Worlds |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT |
| Author: Larry Hedrick |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1989 |
| Size: 3,231 Words, 19,423 Characters |
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Though J.B.S Haldane never possessed--as he lamented--"a scrap of power," his influence was felt around the world. In 72 years of life, he produced 23 books, 400 scientific papers, and several thousand popular articles. His seminal work in population genetics and evolution has secured him lasting recognition, but he will also be remembered for his contributions to biochemistry, physiology, and statistics. He was a very public figure, and it is difficult to think of a scientist who approached the major issues of our time with equal passion.
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane entered the world in Oxford, England, on November 5, 1892. His father was the distinguished British physiologist John Scott Haldane; his mother, Louisa, was strong-willed and talented. Haldane grew up in "Cherwell," a ...
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...ed the main current of the twentieth century and expressed them with a candor that could be discomfiting. If his socialism already seems outdated, his scientific cosmopolitanism has become more relevant with each passing year. His life anticipated a future in which the world's disparate cultures will coalesce to form a climactic global reality. Haldane was one of our era's representative men.
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