Samanth Subramanian’s A Dominant Character Recounts the Story of J.B.S. Haldane, Whose Life Was Torn between Scientific Integrity and Political Loyalty

For a large part of his life, J. B. S. Haldane was an unwavering devotee of science. Then, in 1948, as one of the foremost geneticists on the planet, Haldane was called upon to comment on a shaky Soviet scientist. Haldane picked political loyalty over scientific integrity. Through this puncture, Subramanian peers into Haldane’s life and chronicles his ideas about sciences, politics, and the vast and vivid sweep of his life.

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