Evolutionary naturalism in Victorian Britain
Subtitle: the "Darwinians" and their critics
By: Bernard Lightman.
Series: Variorum collected studies series
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754659877
Subjects: Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century; Naturalism -- History -- 19th century; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; Evolution (Biology) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Description: These essays deal with the evolutionary naturalists, especially the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, the physicist John Tyndall, and the philosopher of evolution, Herbert Spencer. But they also look at those who criticized this influential group of elite intellectuals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.