Book ID: CBB535186379

The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution (2022)

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Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history.   This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley (“Darwin’s Bulldog”) and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between them, they communicated to the world the great modern story of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In The Huxleys, celebrated historian Alison Bashford writes seamlessly about these omnivorous intellects together, almost as if they were a single man whose long, vital life bookended the colossal shifts in world history from the age of sail to the Space Age, and from colonial wars to world wars to the cold war. The Huxleys’ specialty was evolution in all its forms—at the grandest level of species, deep time, the Earth, and at the most personal and intimate. They illuminated the problems and wonders of the modern world and they fundamentally shaped how we see ourselves, as individuals and as a species. But perhaps their greatest subject was themselves. Bashford’s engaging, brilliantly ambitious book interweaves the Huxleys’ momentous public achievements with their private triumphs and tragedies. The result is the history of a family, but also a history of humanity grappling with its place in nature. This book shows how much we owe—for better or worse—to the unceasing curiosity, self-absorption, and enthusiasms of a small, strange group of men and women.

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Review Jim Endersby (2023) Review of "The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution". Archives of Natural History (pp. 433-434). unapi

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Review Hale, Piers J. (2002-12-02) Review of "The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution". Science (pp. 955-955). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lyons, Sherrie Lynne
Herring, Emily
Ungureanu, James C.
Roger H. Lieberman
Allan Dawson
Wyatt Evans
Concepts
Evolution
Biographies
Biology
Modern Synthesis (biology)
Ecology
Controversies and disputes
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Modern
Places
England
Great Britain
Russia
Institutions
UNESCO
Oxford University
British Ecological Society
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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