In this dazzling collection of essays, covering a broad range of fields, from Darwinism and the global population explosion to bird watching, distinguished scientist and philosopher Sir Julian Huxley points out new frontiers for scientific research and reaffirms his belief in the intimate connection of the sciences, particularly biology, with the pressing social problems of the present and future. Huxley envisions new horizons for education and divinity within the framework of evolutionary humanism.
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The credo of a scientist and humanist,
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Julian Huxley the grandson of Darwin's great supporter T. H. Huxley was a distinguished scientist, and the first head of UNESCO. He was also a deeply concerned humanist with a profound knowledge of both the natural world , and human societies. A great traveler and explorer in mind he made contributions in various areas of intellectual endeavor. He was a pioneer in his concern for global problems, as overpopulation, and environmental pollution.While considering himself an optimist , amazed at the great advances in scientific knowledge and technical progress made in his own lifetime he also was deeply aware of the dangers of disaster Mankind might bring upon itself, including that which might come through the development of weapons of mass- destruction. His own credo is in one sense expressed in words from the concluding page of his memoir , "Memories". "The record of my life is that of a witness, one among many, who has travelled widely and enjoyed the munificent diversity of life, but, more importantly, realized that it must be dominated by one overruling principle, that we are all jointly and severally responsible for the future of our earthly home , and for the survival of a worthwhile society." His hope was that mankind would graduate from being " Homo sapiens' to 'Homo humanus, "the hopeful and hard- working trustee for our own, and our planet's evolutionary future."
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IN 1958 we celebrated the centenary of an outstanding event in the history of science-the birth of Darwinism or evolutionary biology, initiated by the joint contribution of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to The Linnean Society of London, announcing their independent discovery of the principle of natural selection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Africa, South Africa, Origin of Species, Great Britain, Southern Rhodesia, Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, United Nations, New York, Western Europe, Bertrand Russell, Fraser Darling, John Bowlby, Professor Medawar, Robert Darwin, Roman Catholic, South America New!
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IN 1958 we celebrated the centenary of an outstanding event in the history of science-the birth of Darwinism or evolutionary biology, initiated by the joint contribution of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to The Linnean Society of London, announcing their independent discovery of the principle of natural selection. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Africa, South Africa, Origin of Species, Great Britain, Southern Rhodesia, Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, United Nations, New York, Western Europe, Bertrand Russell, Fraser Darling, John Bowlby, Professor Medawar, Robert Darwin, Roman Catholic, South America New!
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- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 8 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 8 pages
- The Descent of Man (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Descent of Man (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- Charles Darwin: 2 by Julian Huxley in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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- In Search of Our Humanity: Neither Paradise Nor Hell by Valerii Aleksandrovich Kuvakin on page 45, page 332, and Back Matter
- The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Modern Spiritualities: An Inquiry by Laurence Brown on page 219, and page 221
- The Voyage of the Beagle (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine & on the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery (Great Minds Series) by Louis Pasteur in Front Matter
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