Thomas Henry Huxley: The Evolution of a Scientist

by Sherrie L. Lyons

Book Overview

English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) was the foremost advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution, which he was "prepared to go to the stake" to defend. The controversies surrounding Darwin in the Victorian age became a vehicle for Huxley to gain power in intellectual, institutional, and political arenas.Yet in this investigation of Huxley's motivations in science, Sherrie L. Lyons uncovers Huxley's skepticism of two basic tenets of Darwin's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573927066
• ISBN13: 9781573927062
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"