There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

J.B.S. Haldane Daedalus
Also known as: John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
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About J.B.S. Haldane

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964) was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist.

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