Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews / by Thomas Henry Huxley.

  • Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Date:
1870
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Macmillan, 1870 (London : R. Clay.)

Physical description

378 pages ; 22 cm

Notes

Reprinted from various sources
This edition was reprinted in 1871, 1872, 1874, 1877, 1880, 1883, and 1887. The 1871 reprint is also known as the 3rd ed
Copy 3 Note: 1887 reprint

Contents

On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge.--Emancipation : black and white.--A liberal education.--Scientific education.--On the educational value of the natural history sciences.--On the study of zoology.--On the physical basis of life.--The scientific aspects of positivism.--On a piece of chalk.--Geological contemporaneity and persistent types of life.--Geological reform.--The origin of species.--Criticisms on "The origin of species".--On Descartes' "Discourse touching the method of using one's reason rightly and of seeking scientific truth".

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic footnotes

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    Q7.H98 1870

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