The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was one of the intellectual giants of Victorian England. Initially a surgeon by training, he became the principal exponent of Darwinism and popularizer of "scientific naturalism." His public advocacy of evolution, the voice he gave to science as a dignified and vital profession, the powerful offices he held in its societies, and the many volumes he published of and about science made Huxley among the most influential of all nineteenth-century figures in the...
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Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was one of the intellectual giants of Victorian England. Initially a surgeon by training, he became the principal exponent of Darwinism and popularizer of "scientific naturalism." His public advocacy of evolution, the voice he gave to science as a dignified and vital profession, the powerful offices he held in its societies, and the many volumes he published of and about science made Huxley among the most influential of all nineteenth-century figures in the history of science.Huxley was a prolific essayist, and his writings put him at the center of intellectual debate in England during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Alan P. Barr's edition of The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley fills a very real and pressing chasm in history of science books, bringing together almost all of Huxley's major nontechnical prose, including Man's Place in Nature and both "Evolution in Ethics" and its "Prolegomena."
PrefaceIntroductionA Lobster; or, the Study of Zoology (1861)1Man's Place in Nature (1863)20On a Piece of Chalk (1868)154On the Physical Basis of Life (1868)174The Coming of Age of "The Origin of Species" (1880)195A Liberal Education; and Where to Find It (1868)205Science and Culture (1880)224The Method of Zadig (1880)239Agnosticism (1889)253Evolution and Ethics283Prolegomena (1894)284Evolution and Ethics (1893)309Select Letters345Selected Bibliography365
