J.B.S

Ronald Clark (1916-1987) born in London and educated at King's College School. In 1933 he chose journalism as a career. During the Second World War, after being turned down for military duty on medical grounds, he served as a war correspondent. During this time Clark landed on Juno Beach with the Canadians on D-Day and followed the war until it's end, then remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials. Clark returned to Britain in 1948 and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from mountain climbing to the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle to world explorers. He also wrote a number of biographies on a myriad of figures, such as: Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, and Bertrand Russell.

PART I: TRAINING
1 Life With Father
2 The Enjoyable Experience

PART II: TESTING TIME
3 The Mathematics of Evolution
4 A Geneticist in the Headlines
5 "The Prof" of U.C.

PART III: INTO BATTLE
6 Really Facing the Dictators
7 A Scientist Goes to War
8 A Scientist Fights the War
9 Lysenko: The Escapable Choice
10 "The Cuddly Cactus"

PART IV: THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND
11 The Great Division
12 Aiding India
13 A Brief Look at Paradise
14 Goodbye to All That

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Postscript 1984