Apes, angels, and Victorians : the story of Darwin, Huxley, and evolution /
Irvine, William
Apes, angels, and Victorians : the story of Darwin, Huxley, and evolution / William Irvine. - New York ; London ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill book company, Inc, 1955. - 399 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
With hard-and supercover
Includes notes and index
Cont.: I. -- Resolution in a classroom -- A scientific odyssey -- A prophet in his own country -- The tale of an unlikely prince -- A premeditated romance -- Barnacles and blasphemy -- The most important book of the century -- Convulsions of the national mind -- An interlude: Huxley, Kingsley, and the universe -- Human skeletons in geological closets -- Orchids, politics, and heredity -- The subject of subjects -- "I am not the least afraid of death." II. -- An eminent Victorian -- The metaphysical society -- The educator -- Triumphal progress -- The pleasant avocation of war -- "Il faut cultivar notre jardin."
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825-1895
Evolution (Biology)
Apes, angels, and Victorians : the story of Darwin, Huxley, and evolution / William Irvine. - New York ; London ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill book company, Inc, 1955. - 399 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
With hard-and supercover
Includes notes and index
Cont.: I. -- Resolution in a classroom -- A scientific odyssey -- A prophet in his own country -- The tale of an unlikely prince -- A premeditated romance -- Barnacles and blasphemy -- The most important book of the century -- Convulsions of the national mind -- An interlude: Huxley, Kingsley, and the universe -- Human skeletons in geological closets -- Orchids, politics, and heredity -- The subject of subjects -- "I am not the least afraid of death." II. -- An eminent Victorian -- The metaphysical society -- The educator -- Triumphal progress -- The pleasant avocation of war -- "Il faut cultivar notre jardin."
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825-1895
Evolution (Biology)