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Magisterial. 'The Science of Life' is still well worth reading eighty years after it was published. Book Four (The How and Why of Development and Evolution) has been callled "perhaps the clearest, most readable, succinct and informative popular account of the subject ever penned. It was here that [Julian Huxley] first expounded his own version of what later developed into the evolutionary synthesis," a term that Julian Huxley coined, and which is still the current paradigm in evolutionary biology.
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H. G. Wells was born in Bromley, England on September 21, 1866. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a draper, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, where show more he studied biology. He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher. He also wrote for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. He became an author best known for science fiction novels and comic novels. His science fiction novels include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. His comic novels include Love and Mr. Lewisham, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, The History of Mr. Polly, and Tono-Bungay. He also wrote several short story collections including The Stolen Bacillus, The Plattner Story, and Tales of Space and Time. He died on August 13, 1946 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Sir Julian Huxley, elder brother of novelist Aldous Huxley, was born in London, the eldest son of Leonard Huxley, biographer and historian; "the nephew of Mrs. Humphrey Ward"; the grand nephew of Matthew Arnold; and the grandson of the great scientist Thomas Henry Huxley. Julian Huxley began gathering honors while at Balliol College, and Oxford show more University, where he lectured on zoology for two years (1910--1912). One of the leading popularizers of science, he was a gifted master of lucid prose and wrote innumerable articles and books, many on science for the layperson on subjects ranging from "the evolutionary conception of God to the politics of ants." Huxley is credited with coining the term ethology to indicate the science of animal behavior. He advocated a scientific humanism as a substitute for the mysticism of the past. Huxley was interested in politics, as well as science, serving as the first director-general of UNESCO (1946--48). In January 1960, Huxley received the New York University Medal following his lecture entitled "Evolution in Our Time." "My final belief is life," was his stated philosophy. . show less
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- De wetenschap van het leven door H. G. Wells; Julian S. Huxley; G. P. Wells ; De wetenschap van het leven (Deel 1 en 2) (Deel 1 en 2)
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- The Science of Life by H. G. Wells; Julian S. Huxley; G. P. Wells ; The Science of Life (Part 1 and 2) (Part 1 and 2)
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- 1929-1930: Serialised followed by publication in 3 volumes; 1931: 1 volume
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