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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" /
Examines the identity of the 'man of science' in Victorian times as it was shaped by Thomas Huxley, the leading naturalist and popularizer of Darwinian theory. Breaking with traditional biographies, White treats Huxley as exemplary of the British 'man of science' and reflects on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Cambridge science biographies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Examines the identity of the 'man of science' in Victorian times as it was shaped by Thomas Huxley, the leading naturalist and popularizer of Darwinian theory. Breaking with traditional biographies, White treats Huxley as exemplary of the British 'man of science' and reflects on the historical significance of scientific authority. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 051106618X 9780511066184 0511059876 9780511059872 051106831X 9780511068317 0511117183 9780511117183 9780521640190 0521640199 9780521649674 0521649676 9780511512186 051151218X 1280160055 9781280160059 1107128048 9781107128040 9786610160051 6610160058 1139145924 9781139145923 0511307012 9780511307010 |