A Dominant Character av Samanth Subramanian

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<p><b>Book of the Year in <i>The Economist</i>, <i>Guardian</i>, <i>New Statesman</i>,<i> Wall Street Journal</i> and <i>New York Times</i>.</b><br><b><br>Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, </b><b>the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and the </b><b> British Society for the History of Science </b><b>Hughes Prize.</b><br><br><b>''A wonderful book about one of the most important, brilliant and flawed scientists of the 20th century.'' Peter Frankopan</b><br><br><b>''Superb'' Matt Ridley,<i> The Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Fascinating... The best Haldane biography yet.''<i> New York Times</i></b><br><br><br>J.B.S. Haldane''s life was rich and strange, never short on genius, never lacking for drama. He is best remembered as a geneticist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution, but his peers thought him a polymath; one student called him ''the last man who knew all there was to be known''.<br><br>Beginning in the 1930s, Haldane was also a staunch Communist - a sta