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

bySamanth Subramanian

In A Dominant Character, Samanth Subramanian presents a biographical portrait centered on the Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of biography & autobiography and science. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

400

ISBN

9780393634242