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Writing tagged: ‘thomas henry huxley’

Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’

A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘

Published 05-Nov-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: adam sedgwick, alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, human evolution, mammals, pollination, snakes, thomas henry huxley

Newsletter No. 7: ‘Stirring up the mud’

160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.

Published 03-Jul-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, asa gray, charles darwin, charles lyell, emma darwin (née Wedgwood), joseph dalton hooker, samuel wilberforce, thomas henry huxley

Book review: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

A long-overdue biography of the Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.

Published 20-Mar-2018
Filed under: Mini Biographies, Reviews Genres: Biographies Tags: books, john tyndall, mountains, reviews, thomas archer hirst, thomas henry huxley

19-Apr-1882: The death of a hero

Charles Darwin (1879)

After decades of mysterious ailments, and a short, final illness, Charles Darwin died at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th April 1882, at Down House, Downe, in Kent.

Published 19-Apr-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, charles darwin, natural history museum, thomas henry huxley

Are you calling Neanderthal Man an idiot?

Thomas Henry Huxley on Neanderthal Man.

Published 17-Jan-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: flores man, homo floresiensis, microcephaly, neanderthals, thomas henry huxley

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    A poorly Darwin writes to his cousin • links and book recommendations • the evolution of the eye

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