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Thomas Henry Huxley's place in science and letters : centenary essays / edited by Alan P. Barr.

Contributor Barr, Alan P.

Imprint:Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.

Descriptionxiii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:'Common sense clarified': Thomas Henry Huxley's faith in truth / Alan P. Barr -- Thomas Henry Huxley and the question of morality / John R. Reed -- Thomas Henry Huxley and philosophy of science / David Knight -- 'A good impudent faith in my own star': Thomas Henry Huxley's odyssey in the South Seas / Joel S. Schwartz -- Convincing men they are monkeys / Sherrie L. Lyons -- Thomas Henry Huxley and the reconstruction of life's ancestry / Peter J. Bowler -- Thomas Henry Huxley and the status of evolution as science / Michael Ruse -- Thomas Henry Huxley and German science / Mario A. Di Gregorio -- Thomas Henry Huxley and 19th-century biology / Robert G.B. Reid -- Genius in public and private / Paul White -- Thomas Henry Huxley and the imperial archive / Patrick Brantlinger -- The technical illustration of Thomas Henry Huxley / George R. Bodmer -- Thomas Henry Huxley, H.G. Wells, and the method of Zadig / Bruce Sommerville, Michael Shortland -- 'Fighting even with death': Balfour, scientific naturalism, and Thomas Henry Huxley's final battle / Bernard Lightman.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.



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Barr, Alan P.
Series Added Entry
University of Georgia Humanities Center series on science and the humanities
Subject:
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Subject:
Science -- History -- 19th century.