Thomas Henry Huxley

A Scientific Education Thomas Henry Huxley

This delightful and insightful series of essays on the practice of science was written by one of the great minds of the 19th century, Thomas Henry Huxley, a great friend and defender of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution by natural selection. Includes Huxley's Autobiography, and essays covering Improving Natural Knowledge; A Liberal Education; On a Piece of Chalk; The Principle Subjects of Education; The Method of Scientific Investigation; On the Physical Basis of Life; and a Postscript: A Review of Huxley's Life and Work. Highly readable and very pertinent in this age of doubt.