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Evolutionary naturalism in Victorian Britain

by Bernard V. Lightman

Evolution (Biology)HistoryIntellectual lifeNaturalismPhilosophyReligion and scienceScienceScientists

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.

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Book data: Open Library