A Dominant Character The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane

The bold and brilliant biography of maverick British scientist J.B.S. Haldane, one of the twentieth-century's greatest thinkers, by an award-winning author.

Info autore

Samanth Subramanian's journalism has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, Harper's and WIRED. His first book, Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast, won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Andre Simon Prize. His second, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War, won the Crossword Non Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.

Riassunto

The bold and brilliant biography of maverick British scientist J.B.S. Haldane, one of the twentieth-century's greatest thinkers, by an award-winning author.

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The bold and brilliant biography of maverick British scientist J.B.S. Haldane, one of the twentieth-century's greatest thinkers, by an award-winning author.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Samanth (Author) Subramanian, Samanth Subramanian, Subramanian Samanth
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 06.08.2020
• Categoria: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781786492814
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-281-4
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Illustrazioni: Integrated photographs
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.3 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 726 g
• Categorie: Science: general issues, DNA, Mutation, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, SCIENCE / General, genetics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering, genes, eugenics, science biographies, science in the twentieth century