Ronald Clark

J.B.S (eBook, ePUB)

The life and Work of J.B.S Haldane

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964) was one of the most brilliant of British scientists - and one of the most controversial. A trail-blazing geneticist and physiologist, who used himself as his own guinea-pig, he was also a highly successful populariser of science, a dedicated Marxist, and a devotee of Hindu culture. His private life was often tempestuous: early in his career he was sacked from his Cambridge post after being cited in a divorce case - but reinstated on appeal; and his relations with scientific colleagues and the political establishment were normally acrimonious. Haldane's most important scientific research, on the mathematical basis of evolutionary theory, was done at University College London. Towards the end of his life he founded the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory at Bhubaneswar in India having become an Indian citizen in 1960. In writing this definitive biography, Ronald Clark was able to draw upon Haldane's private papers, as well as the reminiscences of the great man's friends (and enemies). Mr. Clark has written extensively on scientists and the application of science to modern life. His books include major biographies of Einstein and Freud.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 293
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781448202102
• Artikelnr.: 39488123

Autorenporträt

Ronald Clark was born in London in 1916 and educated at King's College School. In 1933 he chose journalism as a career; during the Second World War, after being turned down for military duty on medical grounds, he served as a war correspondent. During this time Clark landed on Juno Beach with the Canadians on D-Day and followed the war until its end, then remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials.

Clark returned to Britain in 1948 and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from mountain climbing to the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle to world explorers. He also wrote a number of biographies on a myriad of figures, such as Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, and Bertrand Russell. Clark died in 1987.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: TRAINING
1 Life With Father
2 The Enjoyable Experience
PART II: TESTING TIME
3 The Mathematics of Evolution
4 A Geneticist in the Headlines
5 "The Prof" of U.C.
PART III: INTO BATTLE
6 Really Facing the Dictators
7 A Scientist Goes to War
8 A Scientist Fights the War
9 Lysenko: The Escapable Choice
10 "The Cuddly Cactus"
PART IV: THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND
11 The Great Division
12 Aiding India
13 A Brief Look at Paradise
14 Goodbye to All That
Bibliography
Postscript 1984