Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, and being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch.
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About J.B.S. Haldane
J.B.S. Haldane was a 19th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist. John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-born scientist who later moved to India and acquired Indian citizenship. He worked in the fields of physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world