Article ID: CBB000018685

Huxley's defence of Darwin (1975)

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Description Contends that, despite his fervour on Darwin's behalf, Huxley's advocacy of the case for natural selection was not particularly compelling, and that his own scientific work took no revolutionary new direction after 1859.


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Authors & Contributors
Lyons, Sherrie Lynne
Ungureanu, James C.
Jin, Xiaoxing
Wright, Jeffrey Thomas
Xiao, Xiaosui
Winsor, Mary P.
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Science and Education
Rivista di Storia della Filosofia
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Thoemmes
Prometheus Books
Penguin
Joseph
Dartmouth College Press
Ashgate
Concepts
Evolution
Darwinism
Biology
Controversies and disputes
Science and religion
Transmutation (alchemy)
People
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Darwin, Charles Robert
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Yan, Fu
Spencer, Herbert
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Great Britain
England
China
Institutions
Oxford University
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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