Discourses: Biological and Geological
Gelesen von Barbara Baker
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist (comparative anatomist). He was the most effective supporter of Darwin's Theory of Evolution and had a strong interest in scientific education - in schools, universities, and for the general public . He has been described as "the premier advocate of science in the nineteenth century [for] the whole English-speaking world". This volume consists of popular lectures he gave on biology and geology and addresses he delivered on the same subjects to scientific bodies.
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Chapters
On the Border Territory Between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms Pt 1
29:46
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On the Border Territory Between the Animal and the Vegetable Kingdoms Pt 2
36:17
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