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J.B.S. Haldane
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J.B.S. Haldane (1892–1964) was a British-Indian geneticist, evolutionary biologist, physiologist, and popular science writer. His essay “On Being the Right Size” discusses how body size affects biology and physical constraints.
Works by J.B.S. Haldane
- OBOn Being the Right Size
creator · article · 1926
2 episodes featuring J.B.S. Haldane
The Rest Is Science
Victorian codebooks turned telegrams into one-word messages
The episode shows how the economics of telegraphy shaped compressed language, then applies physics and psychology to everyday questions about modern communication and survival.
Sep 16, 2026 · 58 min
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Insects power ecosystems while humans remake their world
The episode connects insect evolution and ecological importance to mounting pressures from climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and human bias.
Aug 18, 2026 · 55 min