Biology in Everyday Life

John R. Baker and J. B. S. Haldane

Allen and Unwin: London, 1933.

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This book comprises six talks broadcast in the National programme in the Spring of 1933. Conversational English differs markedly from the written language, and it is essential to a good broadcast that the language should be conversational. Indeed, it is almost a criterion of a good broadcast that it should look queer when printed. We have therefore made slight alterations, but we have not rewritten the whole in the ordinary language of print. Certain parts of the book, such as the end of Chapter IV, were not actually broadcast. We wish to express our gratitude to the British Broadcasting Corporation for kindly permitting publication in book form.

J. R. B.
J. B. S. H.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

By John R. Baker

I. A BIOLOGIST’S VIEW OF EVERYDAY LIFE
II. SOCIAL LIFE IN ANIMALS
III. THE DETERMINATION OF SEX
IV. THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF MANKIND
V. WAR, DISEASE AND DEATH

By J . B. S. Haldane

VI. BIOLOGY AND STATESMANSHIP