Article ID: CBB000077733

Worlds in collision: Owen and Huxley on the brain (1997)

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Description “This paper makes use of the 1860 clash between T.H. Huxley and Richard Owen to examine the role of social context in scientific advance in the biological sciences.”


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Authors & Contributors
Rupke, Nicolaas A.
Richards, Evelleen
Novick, Aaron
Smith, C. U. M.
Wilson, Leonard G.
White, Paul S.
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
The Linnean: Newsletter and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London
Natural History
Medical History
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Indiana University Press
Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
University of Chicago
Concepts
Science
Evolution
Biology
Comparative anatomy
Quinary System
Museums
People
Owen, Richard
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Darwin, Charles Robert
Macleay, William Sharp
Knox, Robert
Joass, James Maxwell
Time Periods
19th century
Places
British Isles
Europe
Institutions
Botanic Garden (Calcutta, India)
Great Britain. Science and Art Department
British Museum. Natural History
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