Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation- ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation--black and white, Liberal education: and where to find it, Scientific education: notes of an after-dinner speech, On the educational value of the natural history sciences, On the study of zoology, On the physical basis of life, The scientific aspects of positivism, On a piece of chalk, Geological contemporaneity and persistent types of life, Geological reform, The origin of species, Criticisms on "the origin of species, On Descartes' "Discourse touching the method of using one's reason rightly and of seeking scientific truth.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering on the backstrip. Bumped corners. Front end page hinge is split. Foxing. Loosely bound. Mostly clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Octavo, red cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, backstrip half torn, one loose page, pages are clean, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Bound in clothBinding, loose with splitting inside covers ripped on spineCover dirtyPages age-tonedText internally cleanGilt lettering on back stripFoxingEdgeworn Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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Good. No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in red cloth lettered in gold, with light cloth wear at the spine tips. Mild cover soiling, sound binding, clean/unmarked within. (Not ex-library. )
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Good. Cloth hardcover, 378 pp. + ads., clean unmarked text, a Good copy, previous owner has pasted a relevant newspaper clipping on the front pastedown and a portrait clipping of Huxley just after the table of contents, light discoloration to the pages and to the page-edges, minor wear to the edges of the outer pages, a bit of soiling to the covers, some rubbing or wear to the covers at the tips and edges including a bit of bumping or fraying to the tips, no dust jacket.
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Good. No Jacket. 19.0 x 12.5 cm. Pp. xi, 344. Original cloth, gilt lettering. Spine relaid, fore corners slightly rubbed, owner's details on verso of 1/2 title, slight darkening of paper, blind stamp on front free end paper.
