Transcriber’s Notes 1. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. 2. Typographical errors and hyphenation inconsistencies were silently corrected. 3. The text version is coded for italics and the like mark-ups i.e., (a) italics are indicated thus _italic_; (b) small-caps are indicated thus +CAPS+; (c) Images are indicated as [Illustration: (with narration...)] (d) Footnotes were moved to the end of the book. * * * * * DAEDALUS OR SCIENCE AND THE FUTURE TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW SERIES DAEDALUS, +OR SCIENCE AND THE FUTURE+ By J. B. S. Haldane ICARUS, +OR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE+ By Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. THE MONGOL IN OUR MIDST, +OR MAN AND HIS THREE FACES+ By F. G. Crookshank, M.C., F.R.C.P. WIRELESS POSSIBILITIES By Prof. A. M. Low E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY DAEDALUS OR Science and the Future A PAPER READ TO THE HERETICS, CAMBRIDGE ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 1923. BY J. B. S. HALDANE _Sir William Dunn Reader in Bio-chemistry Cambridge University_ [Illustration: logo] +NEW YORK+ E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY +681 FIFTH AVENUE+ Copyright, 1924 By E. P. Dutton & Company _All Rights Reserved_ First Printing, April, 1924 Second Printing, May, 1924 Third Printing, August, 1924 Fourth Printing, October, 1924 Fifth Printing, December, 1924 Sixth Printing, December, 1924 Seventh Printing, April, 1925 Eighth Printing, June, 1925 Ninth Printing, June, 1925 Printed in the United States of America INTRODUCTION I have slightly expanded certain parts of this paper since reading it. It has therefore probably lost any unity which it may once have possessed. It will be criticized for its undue and unpleasant emphasis on certain topics. This is necessary if people are to be induced to think about them, and it is the whole business of a university teacher to induce people to think. DAEDALUS OR