[PDF.49jv] Thomas Huxley: Making the 'Man of Science' (Cambridge Science Biographies)

Thomas Huxley: Making the 'Man of Science' (Cambridge Science Biographies)

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 | #5088848 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2002-12-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.63 x5.98l,.90 | File type: PDF | 222 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| the subtitle tells the tale|By Fibonacci|This book is an academically fashionable discussion of the notion of "man of science" (a self-identification chronologically intermediate between "natural philosopher" and "scientist"). Its title should have been: "Making the 'Man of Science': the case of Thomas Huxley". White is much more interested in the notions of "making" and "man"| |'... cogently argued account ... Paul White has created a sensitive and multifaceted portrait of Huxley ... A particular strength ... is the treatment of Huxley's relationships with Owen and Charles Darwin. ... One of the most consistently developed aspects of

This book examines the persona of the "man of science" in the Victorian period as it was shaped by Thomas Huxley, the leading British naturalist and notorious popularizer of Darwinian theory. It demonstrates how the scientific practitioner was regarded as a moral and religious figure; simultaneously considered to be the epitome of the secular, professional scientist. Breaking with traditional biographies, this fascinating portrait treats Huxley as the consummate British ...

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