Jaipreet Virdi Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (UCP) At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society and doctors, she struggled to "pass" as hearing for most of her life. Countless cures, treatments, [...]
Samanth Subramanian A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane (Atlantic) J.B.S. Haldane's life was rich and strange, never short on genius, never lacking for drama. He is best remembered as a geneticist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution, but his peers thought him a polymath; one student called him 'the [...]
Dear BSHS Member Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary* General Meeting of the Society will be held virtually on 14 July 2021 at 13:00 (*i.e., one that dispenses with laying before a general meeting the accounts and reports of the company - these having been approved by Council and distributed some time previously)/ [...]
