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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20211001182008.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789386797520 (hbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Indian Institute for Human Settlements-Bangalore |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Edition number |
23 |
| Classification number |
570.92 SUB |
| Item number |
014305 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Subramanian, Samanth, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A dominant character : |
| Remainder of title |
the radical science and restless politics of J. B. S. Haldane / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Samanth Subramanian. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New Delhi : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Simon & Schuster, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2019. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
378 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (black and white) ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - Content type term (R) |
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| Source (NR) |
rdacontent |
| Content type term (R) |
text |
| Content type code (R) |
txt |
| 337 ## - Media Type (R) |
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| Source (NR) |
rdamedia |
| Media type term (R) |
unmediated |
| Media type code (R) |
n |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) |
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| Source (NR) |
rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term (R) |
volume |
| Carrier type code (R) |
nc |
| 505 #0 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter 1: The Scientific Method -- Chapter 2: The Deep End -- Chapter 3: Synthesis -- Chapter 4: Red Haldane -- Chapter 5: The War at Home -- Chapter 6: India -- Chapter 7: Ten Thousand Years. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"A biography of J. B. S. Haldane, the brilliant and eccentric British scientist whose innovative predictions inspired Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. J. B. S. Haldane's life was rich and strange, never short on genius or drama-from his boyhood apprenticeship to his scientist father, who first instilled in him a devotion to the scientific method; to his time in the trenches during the First World War, where he wrote his first scientific paper; to his numerous experiments on himself, including inhaling dangerous levels of carbon dioxide and drinking hydrochloric acid; to his clandestine research for the British Admiralty during the Second World War. He is best remembered as a geneticist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution, but his peers hailed him as a polymath. One student called him "the last man who might know all there was to be known." He foresaw in vitro fertilization, peak oil, and the hydrogen fuel cell, and his contributions ranged over physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, mathematics, and biostatistics. He was also a staunch Communist, which led him to Spain during the Civil War and sparked suspicions that he was spying for the Soviets. He wrote copiously on science and politics in newspapers and magazines, and he gave speeches in town halls and on the radio-all of which made him, in his day, as famous in Britain as Einstein. It is the duty of scientists to think politically, Haldane believed, and he sought not simply to tell his readers what to think but to show them how to think. Beautifully written and richly detailed, Samanth Subramanian's A Dominant Character recounts Haldane's boisterous life and examines the questions he raised about the intersections of genetics and politics-questions that resonate even more urgently today"-- Provided by publisher. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Haldane, J. B. S. |
| Fuller form of name |
(John Burdon Sanderson), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1892-1964. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Biologists |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geneticists |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |
