Abstract
“RESHAPING MAX'S HERITAGE” comprises a series of talks which were broadcast round the theme that, by the use of science, man is achieving greater freedom as well as surer control of his heritage. The series was introduced by H. G. Wells, who spoke about man's accomplishments, opportunities and pitfalls. The other contributors are specified under the title-heading above and their talks included such subjects as man's food, the good earth, reshaping plants and animals, the conquest of the germ, the banishment of pain, and preventive medicine.
Reshaping Man's Heritage
Biology in the Service of Man. By J. S. Huxley, H. G. Wells, J. B. S. Haldane, W. G. Ogg, J. C. Drummond and W. F. Crick, J. W. Munro and J. Fisher, W. H. Kauntze, L. J. Witts, Major P. G. Edge, J. M. Mackintosh, Sir E. V. Appleton. Pp. 96 + 7 plates. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1944.) 5s. net.
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HAWKINS, T. Reshaping Man's Heritage. Nature 154, 39–40 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154039a0
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