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.
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