Review:
"Julian Huxley's Evolution: The Modern Synthesis excited me when I first read it as a teenager and continues to excite me still. Popular yet scholarly, it synthesizes Darwinism, Mendelism, and population genetics to give a powerful account of the mechanism of evolution. Moreover, it illuminates difficult concepts such as natural selection, speciation, and evolutionary progress to provide a comprehensive enlightening view of evolution. Read it because of the insight it gives into biology of the 1940s; read it because it continues to be relevant today." --Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2001 "It is good to have again in print (with a new introduction) Julian Huxley's masterwork, Evolution: The Modern Synthesis. One marvels at the depths of Huxley's insights, one is impressed by the breadth of his scope, and one is charmed and delighted by his gracious prose. Reading this book is like coming again on an old, valued friend or meeting someone who captivates from the first moment." --Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University
About the Author:
Julian Huxley (1887-1975), an English evolutionary biologist, was a prolific author and the leading figure in the mid-twentieth century effort to develop the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory. He was the first director of UNESCO, a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund, and the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science in 1953, the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1956, and the Darwin-Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society in 1958.
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