Editing J. B. S. Haldane (section)

=== Ectogenesis and in vitro fertilisation ===
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His essay ''[[Daedalus; or, Science and the Future]]'' (1924) posited the concept of [[in vitro fertilisation]], which he called [[ectogenesis]]. He envisioned ectogenesis as a tool for creating better individuals (eugenics).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=James |first1=David N. |title=Ectogenesis: a reply to Singer and Wells |journal=Bioethics |date=1987 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=80–99 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8519.1987.tb00006.x |pmid=11649763}}</ref> Haldane's work was an influence on Huxley's ''[[Brave New World]]'' (1932) and was also admired by [[Gerald Heard]].<ref>"Mr. Wells' Apocalypse" by Gerald Heard. The Nineteenth Century, October 1933. Reprinted in ''The H. G. Wells Scrapbook'' by Peter Haining. London : New English Library, 1978. {{ISBN|0-450-03778-9}} (pp. 108–114).</ref> Various essays on science were collected and published in a volume entitled ''Possible Worlds'' in 1927. His book, ''A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions)'' (1938) combined his physiological research into the effects of stress upon the human body with his experience of air raids during the [[Spanish Civil War]] to provide a scientific account of the likely effects of the air raids that Britain was to endure during the [[Second World War]].