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The following are lists of episodes from the Cosmos series: List of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage episodes, which first aired in 1980. List of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episodes, which first aired in 2014. List of Cosmos: Possible Worlds episodes, which first aired in 2020.
On Being the Right Size" is a 1926 essay by J. B. S. Haldane which discusses proportions in the animal world and the essential link between the size of an animal and these systems an animal has for life. [1] It was published as one of Haldane's collected essays in Possible Worlds and Other Essays.
Haldane's work was an influence on Huxley's Brave New World (1932) and was also admired by Gerald Heard. [116] Various essays on science were collected and published in a volume entitled Possible Worlds in 1927.
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Possible Worlds may refer to: Possible worlds, concept in philosophy; Possible Worlds, 1990 play by John Mighton Possible Worlds, 2000 film by Robert Lepage, based on the play; Possible Worlds (studio) Possible Worlds, poetry book by Peter Porter; Possible Worlds, book by J. B. S. Haldane; Possible Worlds, 1995 album by Markus Stockhausen
J.B.S. Haldane was a scientist who was born in Britain yet was spiritually inclined towards India. He saw action in the two World Wars, was engaged in the most radical politics of his day, conducted scientific research, and wrote with flair and conviction. The book describes his intellect, vision of society, philosophy, and scientific progress. [2]
Cosmos: Possible Worlds is a 2020 American science documentary television series that premiered on March 9, 2020, on National Geographic.The series is a follow-up to the 2014 television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which followed the original Cosmos: A Personal Voyage series presented by Carl Sagan on PBS in 1980.
Helen Spurway (12 June 1915 – 15 February 1978) [1] [2] was a British-Indian biologist and the second wife of J. B. S. Haldane.She emigrated to India in 1957 along with him, both taking up Indian citizenship in 1961, and conducted research in field biology with Krishna Dronamraju, Suresh Jayakar, and others.