Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley - Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-04046-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95), the English biologist and naturalist, was known as 'Darwin's Bulldog', and is best remembered today for his vociferous support for Darwin's theory of evolution. He was, however, an influential naturalist, anatomist and religious thinker, who coined the term 'agnostic' to describe his own beliefs. Almost entirely self-educated, he became an authority in anatomy and palaeontology, and after the discovery of the archaeopteryx, he was the first to suggest that birds had evolved from dinosaurs. He was also a keen promoter of scientific education who strove to make science a paid profession, not dependent on patronage or wealth. Published in 1903, this three-volume work, edited by his son Leonard Huxley, is the second and most complete edition of Huxley's biography and selected letters. Volume 2 covers the period 1870-86, including Huxley's American lecture tour, and the death of his friend Charles Darwin in 1882.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huxley, Leonard

Huxley, Thomas Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. 1870; 2. 1871; 3. 1872; 4. 1873; 5. 1874; 6. 1875-76; 7. 1875-76; 8. 1876; 9. 1877; 10. 1878; 11. 1879; 12. 1881; 13. 1882; 14. 1883; 15. 1884; 16. 1884-85; 17. 1885; 18. 1886; 19. 1886.