Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 494 g
Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 494 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
ISBN: 978-1-108-04057-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) was a tireless supporter of the evolutionary theories of his friend Charles Darwin. Huxley also made his own significant scientific contributions, and he was influential in the development of science education despite having had only two years of formal schooling. He established his scientific reputation through experiments on aquatic life carried out during a voyage to Australia while working as an assistant surgeon in the Royal Navy; ultimately he became President of the Royal Society (1883-5). Throughout his life Huxley struggled with issues of faith, and he coined the term 'agnostic' to describe his beliefs. This nine-volume collection of Huxley's essays, which he edited and published in 1893-4, demonstrates the wide range of his intellectual interests. Volume 7 features a collection of lectures discussing the biological relationship of humans to apes and other animals.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
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Preface; 1. On the natural history of the man-like apes; 2. On the relations of man to the lower animals; 3. On some fossil remains of man; 4. On the methods and results of ethnology [1865]; 5. On some fixed points in British ethnology [1871]; 6. On the Aryan question [1890].
