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 ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
science book ⓘ
author J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane ⓘ
linked to: J. B. S. Haldane
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 ⓘ
On Being the Right Size ⓘ
Possible Worlds ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Possible Worlds ⓘ
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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