Possible Worlds and Other Essays

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Possible Worlds and Other Essays is a collection of influential scientific and philosophical essays by geneticist and evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane, exploring topics in biology, evolution, and the nature of science.

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instanceOf essay collection
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science book
author J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane
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countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedAs influential collection of scientific and philosophical essays
explores ethical issues in science
nature of scientific explanation
role of size and scale in biology
social impact of science
focusesOn implications of evolutionary theory
limits and possibilities of scientific knowledge
relationship between science and philosophy
genre philosophical essays
scientific essays
hasAudience general educated readers
students of biology
students of philosophy of science
hasPart Daedalus; or, Science and the Future
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On Being the Right Size
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Science and Theology as Art-Forms
Some Enemies of Science
The Duty of Doubt
The Future of Biology
The Inequality of Man
The Last Judgment
The Origin of Life
hasReputation classic of 20th-century scientific essay writing
influenced evolutionary biology discourse
philosophy of biology
popular science writing
language English
mainSubject biology
evolution
genetics
philosophy of science
science and society
scientific method
notableEssay On Being the Right Size
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Science and Theology as Art-Forms
publicationYear 1927
publisher Chatto & Windus
timePeriodOfWork early 20th century
writtenByOccupation evolutionary biologist
geneticist
science popularizer

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