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Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

Auteur de Man's Place in Nature

129+ oeuvres 1,254 utilisateurs 16 critiques 3 Favoris

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T. H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley, an English biologist born in London in 1825, was regarded as one of the leading scientists in England by the age of 26. His fame arose primarily from his support of Charles Darwin and Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's book Man's Place in Nature, published in 1873, afficher plus added an anthropological perspective to Darwin's theory; in fact, this book was the first to advocate the idea that anthropoid apes are the closest relatives to humans. Huxley's other scientific interests included comparative anatomy and paleontology. His writings were extensive. On the topic of biology he wrote both from the scientific view and to popularize the subject. Huxley's other books were on education, philosophy, ethics, and theology. His grandson, Aldous Huxley, would later make significant contributions to English literature as well. T.H. Huxley died in 1895. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Thomas Henry Huxley

Man's Place in Nature (1863) 247 exemplaires
Hume (1879) 48 exemplaires
Science and Education (1893) 45 exemplaires
Science and Christian tradition (1894) 42 exemplaires
On a piece of chalk (1967) 35 exemplaires
Method and Results (1896) 34 exemplaires
Darwiniana (1893) 28 exemplaires
On the Origin of Species (1968) 28 exemplaires
Autobiography and Selected Essays (1909) 25 exemplaires
Lectures and Lay Sermons (1913) 22 exemplaires
Lectures and Essays (1767) 22 exemplaires
Collected Essays of T. H. Huxley (2001) 13 exemplaires
The Darwinian Hypothesis (2001) 10 exemplaires
Critiques and addresses (2012) 7 exemplaires
Reading From Huxley (1901) 7 exemplaires
Essays (1932) 6 exemplaires
Aphorisms and Reflections (2008) 6 exemplaires
Touchstone for Ethics (1947) 4 exemplaires
Time and Life (2010) 3 exemplaires
Coral and Coral Reefs (2012) 3 exemplaires
A Liberal Education (1924) 3 exemplaires
Yeast (2010) 3 exemplaires
Methods and Results 3 exemplaires
Introductory (Science primers) (1887) 2 exemplaires
On Some Fossil Remains of Man (2009) 2 exemplaires
Lectures on Evolution (2012) 2 exemplaires
Mr.Gladstone and Genesis (2009) 2 exemplaires
Hasisadra's Adventure (2009) 2 exemplaires
ELEMENTARY PHYSIOLOGY 1 exemplaire
Agnosticism and Christianity (2016) 1 exemplaire
Thomas Huxley 1 exemplaire
On Descartes (2017) 1 exemplaire
Physical geography (1875) 1 exemplaire
William Harvey 1 exemplaire
On the Study of Zoology (2012) 1 exemplaire
Voyage sur le Rattlesnake (2012) 1 exemplaire
On Descartes 1 exemplaire
Du singe à l'homme 1 exemplaire
Works of Thomas Henry Huxley (2014) 1 exemplaire
On the Method of Zadig (2012) 1 exemplaire

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Contents: The Darwinian Hypothesis (1859), The Origin of Species (1860), Criticisms of "The Origin of Species" (1864), The Genealogy of Animals (1869), Mr. Darwin's Critics (1871), Evolution in Biology (1878), The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species (1880), Charles Darwin (1882), The Darwin Memorial (1885), Obituary (1888), Six Lectures...on the Phenomena of Organic Nature (1863). Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” was first published in 1859. The most influential and controversial biological book written in the 19th century, Darwin theorized that natural selection caused evolutionary change rather than the hand of God.… (plus d'informations)
 
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RedeemedRareBooks | Nov 19, 2023 |
Individual essays individually reviewed:

1. Joseph Priestley (1874)
This is an address given on the occasion of a statue of Priestley being set up in Birmingham. It is hilarious. I don't think any modern could be so incisive yet humorous about Priestley's scientific errors as well as his scientific accomplishments and theological preoccupations.

2. Emancipation - Black and White (1865)
This is probably the essay for which Huxley is being cancelled in 2021. In this essay, a brief one celebrating the end of the Civil War and the emancipation of the former slaves in the southern United Stetes, he moves rather quickly to a call for increased rights and better education for women. What is getting him cancelled is that he states a belief that women and what he calls "negros" are inferior, while denying that that is justification for denying the people in these two groups equal rights. On the _most_ important point he was correct, at a time when many were wrong.

Overview: T. H. Huxley just couldn't resist snarking, in a Victorian way. Some of that has worn really well, like his remarks on Priestley. Some of it, like his remarks on "negroes" and women has worn less well. But it's important to remember that in his "Emancipation" speech he was not setting out to offend, _except_ by his anti-slavery stance and his support of womens' rights. As regards the rest, almost all of his hearers were probably not the least bit offended by his other remarks. You can't cancel the non-entities of the past, though, as they are already forgotten, only those of the present.
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themulhern | Dec 19, 2021 |
The essays are instructive and it is good as a historical record. Reviews of individual essays below.

1. The Darwininan Hypothesis (1859)
Essentially a review of Darwin's book, which had come out but recently. Hopeful but not dogmatic.

2. The Origin of Species (1860)
Long form explanation of the idea of "species" with reference to Darwin's "Origin of Species". Many excursions into records of odd reproductive facts and long quotations from original sources.

10. Obituary (1888)
A 50 page obituary of Charles Darwin, written for the Royal Society obituaries. A quite good capsule biography, by a contemporary.
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themulhern | Nov 27, 2021 |
A very important and famous book on evolution.
 
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hcubic | Mar 26, 2020 |

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