Thomas H Huxley: 30 books

Subtitled “A Course of Six Lectures to Working Men”, On the Origin of Species highlights Thomas H. Huxley’s gift for translating complex scientific theories into lucid language for laypeople without sacrificing accuracy—in this case, Darwin’s theory of evolution as described in his Origin of Species, which engendered enormous interest, criticism, and curiosity upon publication.

A collection of ten essays by the renowned zoologist and writer, this volume is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the history of the theory of evolution and Huxley’s own feelings about science and Christianity. Huxley examines agnosticism (Huxley coined the term “agnostic”), miracles of the New Testament, and more.

An accomplished biologist, Thomas Henry Huxley was committed to Darwin’s theories. This collection of autobiographical and scientific essays illuminates his life and accomplishments and is essential reading for scholars of scientific history. Included are essays, “On a Piece of Chalk,” “On Improving Natural Knowledge,” and “On the Physical Basis of Life.”

Known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his impassioned defense of evolutionary theory, Huxley published this, his most famous book, just a few years after Darwin's The Origin of Species. Unlike Origin, this book focuses on human ancestry and offers a concise, nontechnical survey of mid-19th-century knowledge about primate and human paleontology and ethology.

An eloquent essayist, here Huxley examines a number of subjects. The oldest essay in the collection, “On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences,” is about the differences between living and dead bodies; also included is a review of “The Origin of Species,” as well as his essays on Descartes, slavery, geology, education, and more.

This classic introduction to zoology isolates a single creature, the crayfish, in order to instruct the reader in the general principles of morphology, physiology, and the behavior of the animal. Huxley hoped that this monograph would show how his description of one animal could provide the “foundation for the whole of biological science.”

A collection of eleven essays by “Darwin’s Bulldog,” Darwiniana is invaluable reading for any student of evolution or zoology. In these essays, Huxley examines the theory of evolution, its weak points, criticisms of the theory, and its lasting influence on the course of scientific thought.

Invaluable reading for anyone passionate about the history of science, The Advance of Science in the Last Half Century presents a survey of the major developments in physics, chemistry, and biology from the mid to late 1800s. Huxley traces their impact on society and places them in the context of philosophical thought and scientific inquiry going back to Aristotle.

What is life? This question gives a new interest to every department of science that relates to life in any form, and the history of life offers a most suggestive field for research. The paleontology took its origin in the mind of the first person who, finding something like a shell or a bone naturally...