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Review of ‘A dominant character. The radical science and restless politics of J. B. S. Haldane’

机译：回顾'一个主导性格。 J. B. S. Haldane的激进科学和不安的政治

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Who was J. B. S. Haldane? For geneticists, he identified linkage, pioneered biochemical and human genetics, and was one of the founders of population genetics. Of particular interest here, he is the longest-serving editor of Journal of Genetics, i and—thanks both to his own articles and his ability to attract papers of quality—the person who made it preeminent in its field. Evolutionists acclaim him as an architect of the Modern Synthesis who remained alert to instances when the effectiveness of natural selection was overshadowed by other forces. For biochemists, he gave the correct quantitative explanation of enzyme kinetics. To students, he was a demanding and caring teacher. For the general public, he was a vocal proponent of Marxist philosophy and an advocate of rationality. He was a peerless expounder of science in the broadest sense, not only biology. Readers of his popular essays were as likely to learn about the latest developments as to be introduced to original, pathbreaking ideas. They could be exposed to futuristic speculations or treated to quotations from ancient works in Greek and Latin. He excelled at using algebra, thinking in terms of molecules and writing simply. To bureaucrats and administrators, he was a nuisance, quick to take offence and often overbearing. He was a polymath, restless, prickly, delighted in controversy, and prone to support a view just because it was unconventional. Almost anything he said was guaranteed to be quotable. He has been called ‘the last man who might know all there was to be known’ii and ‘one of the most fascinating, perplexing and troublesome figures in the history of science’.iii No wonder he keeps attracting biographers. Ronald W. Clark’s J.B.S.: the life and work of J. B. S. Haldane came out in 1968; his former student K. R. Dronamaraju wrote two booksiv and edited two others, one containing appraisals of Haldane by his contemporaries, and the other a selection of his papers dealing with genetics. Recently this journal brought out a special issue to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth.v Over the years, many who knew him personally have put down their reminiscences; others, the present reviewers among them, have discussed his life and science. Samanth Subramanian is the latest to join the list.
机译：谁是J. B. S. Haldane？对于遗传学家来说，他确定了联系，开创性生化和人类遗传学，是人口遗传学的创始人之一。特别感兴趣的是，他是遗传学期刊的最长编辑，我和 - 谢谢他自己的文章和吸引质量论文的能力 - 在其领域取得普遍的人。进化论者称赞他是现代综合的建筑师，当其他力量被其他力量掩盖了自然选择的有效性时，仍然对实例保持警惕。对于生物化学师来说，他给予了酶动力学的正确定量解释。对学生来说，他是一个苛刻和有同情心的老师。对于公众，他是马克思主义哲学的声音支持和理性的倡导者。他是在最广泛的意义上是一个无情的科学仇集，不仅是生物学。他流行的散文的读者可能会对最新的发展引入原始，疏忽的想法。他们可能会接触到未来派猜测或对希腊和拉丁语的古代作品的报价。他擅长使用代数，以分子和写作而言。对官僚和管理者来说，他是一种滋扰，快速冒犯，经常咄咄逼人。他是一个聚合物，不安，刺，刺痛，争议很高兴，并且易于支持一个观点，因为它是非常规的。他说的几乎任何东西都被保证是引用的。他被称为“可能知道所有人都知道的最后一个人”，并且“科学史上最令人着迷，令人困惑和麻烦的人物之一。难怪他不断吸引传记者。罗纳德W.Clark的J.B.S：1968年J. B. S. Haldane的生活和工作;他的前学生K. R. Dronamaraju写了两本书，并编辑了另外两份，他的同时代人含有哈尔迪恩的评估，另一个关于涉及遗传学的论文。最近，这刊杂志会给他的出生125周年达到一个特别的问题，多年来，许多人知道他个人已经放下了他们的回忆;其他人，他们中的现在审稿人讨论了他的生命和科学。 Samanth Subramanian是最新的加入该列表。

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