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Thomas Huxley: Making the 'Man of Science' by Paul White (Paperback, 2002)

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Product Description : This book examines the persona of the man of science in the Victorian period as it was shaped by Thomas Huxley the leading British naturalist and notorious popularizer of Darwinian theory It demonstrates how the scientific practitioner was regarded as a moral and religious figure simultaneously considered to be the epitome of the secular professional scientist Breaking with traditional biographies this fascinating portrait treats Huxley as the consummate British man of science and reflects on the historical significance of scientific authority

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Dubbed 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his combative role in the Victorian controversies over evolutionary theory, Thomas Huxley has been widely regarded as the epitome of the professional scientist who emerged in the nineteenth century from the restrictions of ecclesiastical authority and aristocratic patronage. Yet from the 1850s until his death in 1895, Huxley always defined himself as a 'man of science', a moral and religious figure, not a scientist. Exploring his relationships with his wife, fellow naturalists, clergymen and men of letters, White presents a new analysis of the authority of science, literature, and religion during the Victorian period, showing how these different practices were woven into a fabric of high culture, and integrated into institutions of print, education and research. He provides a substantially different view of Huxley's role in the evolution debates, and of his relations with his scientific contemporaries, especially Richard Owen and Charles Darwin.