Michael Collie

Huxley at Work

With the Scientific Correspondence of T. H. Huxley and the Rev. Dr George Gordon of Birnie, Near Elgin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The previously unpublished correspondence of T.H.Huxley with Rev. George Gordon is an important new addition to the literature on Huxley and Victorian science. The correspondence is self-contained and wholely scientific, concerning the unexpected discovery of reptilian fossils and footprints near Elgin, and relates to a most important aspect of Huxley's career: defining the relationship between geology and palaentology. The letters are complemented by an incisive analysis of Huxley's work as a palaentologist and the development of his views on evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-51059-9
• 1991
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780333510599
• ISBN-10: 0333510593
• Artikelnr.: 44431759

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1 HUXLEY'S PALAENTOLOGY IN SCOTLAND - Huxley the Public Figure - The Land of Cakes - The Intellectual Life of Elgin - The Hours of the Chisel - Huxley and his Juliet - PART 2 THE CORRESPONDENCE - Including 33 Previously Unpublished Letters by T.H.Huxley and 27 Letters to Huxley From Gordon - Index