Paul White

Thomas Huxley (eBook, PDF)

Making the 'Man of Science'

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Produktbeschreibung

Dubbed 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his combative role in the Victorian controversies over evolutionary theory, Thomas Huxley has been widely regarded as the epitome of the professional scientist who emerged in the nineteenth century from the restrictions of ecclesiastical authority and aristocratic patronage. Yet from the 1850s until his death in 1895, Huxley always defined himself as a 'man of science', a moral and religious figure, not a scientist. Exploring his relationships with his wife, fellow naturalists, clergymen and men of letters, White presents a new analysis of the authority of science, literature, and religion during the Victorian period, showing how these different practices were woven into a fabric of high culture, and integrated into institutions of print, education and research. He provides a substantially different view of Huxley's role in the evolution debates, and of his relations with his scientific contemporaries, especially Richard Owen and Charles Darwin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511059872
• Artikelnr.: 56687317

Autorenporträt

Paul White is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for pursuing life with endless energy. His book "The Answer Discovery" contains over 100 life lessons. He's a syndicated weekly columnist currently featured in 22 publications covering 7 states. He loves public speaking and is on a mission to change the world through sharing his firm belief that the best way a person can help themselves is by helping other people. He promotes accomplishing this through interpersonal connection, kindness, goodwill and the simplicity of taking action.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Science at home
2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over manners and institutions
3. Science as culture
4. The worship of science
5. 'Darkest England': science and labor in the 1880s and 1890s
Conclusion: the end of the 'man of science'.