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"Lectures on Evolution" is a collection of insightful discourses brought through the renowned nineteenth-century biologist and educator, Thomas Henry Huxley. These lectures provide a comprehensive review of Huxley's views on the concept of evolution, which changed into a groundbreaking and controversial idea on the time. In these lectures, Huxley explores the foundational ideas put forth by means of Charles Darwin in his concept of natural selection. Huxley was a staunch propose for Darwin's principle, and his lectures played a pivotal role in popularizing and protecting the idea of evolution by using herbal selection. He eloquently affords the evidence helping the idea, drawing from the fields of comparative anatomy, paleontology, and embryology to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all lifestyles forms. Huxley's "Lectures on Evolution" additionally addresses the religious and philosophical implications of the concept, in particular its capability conflicts with traditional spiritual beliefs. Huxley argues for the compatibility of technological know-how and faith, putting forward that evolution want now not undermine one's non-secular convictions. These lectures show off Huxley's eloquence as a speaker and his capability to speak complex scientific thoughts to a wide target market. They continue to be a big contribution to the expertise of evolution and its effect on both technological know-how and society.

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Thomas Henry Huxley (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was an English scientist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He became known as "Darwin's Bulldog" because of his support for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Although some historians believe that the surviving tale of Huxley's famous 1860 Oxford evolution discussion with Samuel Wilberforce is a later invention, it was a pivotal occasion in the wider acceptance of evolution and in his own career. Huxley had planned to leave Oxford the day before, but after meeting Robert Chambers, the author of Vestiges, he changed his mind and chose to participate in the debate. Richard Owen, with whom Huxley also discussed whether humans were closely connected to apes, coached Wilberforce. Huxley was slow to adopt certain of Darwin's concepts, including as gradualism, and was undecided about natural selection, but he was a staunch supporter of Darwin in public. He was instrumental in promoting scientific education in Britain, and he fought against more radical religious traditions. Huxley invented the term "agnosticism" in 1869 and expanded on it in 1889 to define the nature of claims in terms of what is and is not knowable.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789359321011
  • Publisher: Double 9 Books LLP
  • Publisher Imprint: Double 9 Books LLP
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 50
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 132 gr
  • ISBN-10: 935932101X
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
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  • Width: 140 mm


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