Thomas Huxley
Subtitle: Making the 'Man of Science' (Cambridge Science Biographies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780521640190
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Scientists - General; Huxley, Thomas Henry,; Evolution (Biology); Science; Biography / Autobiography; Science/Mathematics; British Isles; Literature and science; Huxley, Thomas Henry; Technology / General; 1825-1895; 19th century; Great Britain; History; Religion and science
First sentence: In 1846, Thomas Huxley received an appointment on HMS Rattlesnake, a survey vessel bound for the South Seas.