Julian Huxley: Biologist and Statesman of Science - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 089263314X ISBN 13: 9780892633142

Publisher: Texas A & M University Press, 1993

Synopsis

A member of the distinguished British Huxley family, Julian Huxley (1887-1975) was a man of many talents and enormous energy. This title focuses on Huxley's contributions to field and laboratory biology, when first published in 1992. It provides an examination of his efforts to popularize science and to advance the human species through eugenics.

About this title

Synopsis:

Eminent biologist, statesman, and intellectual Huxley (1887-1975) early in his career (1913-1916) taught at the Rice Institute, where he founded the Biology Department. Based on a symposium held at Rice U. in September 1987 to mark the Huxley centennial, this volume concentrates on Huxley's contributions to field and laboratory biology, but also pr

About the Author:

C. KENNETH WATERS is professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota.ALBERT VAN HELDEN is professor of history at Rice University; his specialty is the history of science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 089263314X
• ISBN 13: 9780892633142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Waters C. Kenneth, Helden Albert Van