£36.71

Prometheus Books Thomas Henry Huxley: The Evolution of a Scientist

Price data last checked 50 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£37 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 2 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 17 days • 17 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£36.71 £34.87 £35.61 £36.34 £37.08 £37.81 £38.55 30 April 2026 04 May 2026 08 May 2026 12 May 2026 16 May 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 17 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
17 days 0 4 9 13 17 £37 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £37 (17 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £37 - £37

Price levels: 1 different prices over 17 days

Description

English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) was the foremost advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution, which he was "prepared to go to the stake" to defend. The controversies surrounding Darwin in the Victorian age became a vehicle for Huxley to gain power in intellectual, institutional, and political arenas. Yet in this investigation of Huxley's motivations in science, Sherrie L. Lyons uncovers Huxley's skepticism of two basic tenets of Darwin's theory - natural selection and gradualism. His criticism of Darwinian science as being too simplistic led to a strengthening of evolutionary theory, rather than a weakening of it. A self-appointed defender of truth, Huxley developed his own research program, examining philosophy prior to Darwin in an effort to fill the holes in evolutionary theory. Lyons also looks at Huxley's conversion from saltation to gradualism, and his views on progression and the fossil record. As Huxley's interest in developmental morphology continues to be crucial in studying problems in comparative anatomy, embryology, paleontology, and evolution, this book is essential to students of Darwin, Huxley, and the scientific enterprise.

Key Features

Used Book in Good Condition

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
01 November 1999
Listed Since
13 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Huxley at Work: With the Scientific Correspondence of T. H. Huxley and the Rev. Dr George Gordon of Birnie, near Elgin
76% match

Huxley at Work: With the Scientific Correspondence of T. H. Huxley and the Rev. Dr George Gordon of Birnie, near Elgin

MACMILLAN

£74.35 11 Jun 2026
The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology, With a New Preface
75% match

The Evolutionary Synthesis: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology: Perspectives on the Unification of Biology, With a New Preface

Harvard University Press

£30.67 04 Jun 2026
Evolution in Plain and Simple English
75% match

Evolution in Plain and Simple English

CREATESPACE

£147.75 11 Jun 2026
Darwin′s Spectre – Evolutionary Biology in the Modern World
74% match

Darwin′s Spectre – Evolutionary Biology in the Modern World

Princeton University Press

£40.00 04 Jun 2026
The Theory of Evolution and Its Impact
74% match

The Theory of Evolution and Its Impact

Springer

£73.07 19 May 2026
Darwinian Heresies
74% match

Darwinian Heresies

Cambridge University Press

£43.20 11 Jun 2026
Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap (Species and Systematics)
74% match

Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap (Species and Systematics)

CRC Press

£46.99 19 May 2026
The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
73% match

The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

University of Chicago Press

£43.00 01 Jun 2026
The Science of Life: Andrew Huxley, Richard Keynes and Horace Barlow (Creative Lives and Works)
73% match

The Science of Life: Andrew Huxley, Richard Keynes and Horace Barlow (Creative Lives and Works)

Routledge

£41.58 22 Jun 2026
Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
73% match

Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

University of Chicago Press

£37.84 22 Jun 2026
From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution
73% match

From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution

University of Notre Dame Press

£90.00 03 Jul 2026
Darwinism's Struggle for Survival: Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
73% match

Darwinism's Struggle for Survival: Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)

Cambridge University Press

£129.69 18 May 2026
Evolution Of Life Histories: Theory and Analysis
73% match

Evolution Of Life Histories: Theory and Analysis

Springer

£160.51 24 May 2026
The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics)
73% match

The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics)

Cambridge University Press

£38.14 01 Jun 2026
The Origin of Life: Toward a Theoretical Biology: 1
72% match

The Origin of Life: Toward a Theoretical Biology: 1

Routledge

£51.00 15 Jun 2026
The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838–1859
72% match

The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838–1859

Cambridge University Press

£51.21 28 Jun 2026
The Enlightenment of Evolutionary Medicine: The Past and Future of Human Diseases
72% match

The Enlightenment of Evolutionary Medicine: The Past and Future of Human Diseases

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

£80.99 25 May 2026
Evolutionary Biology
72% match

Evolutionary Biology

Delve Publishing

£86.02 11 Jun 2026
Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends
72% match

Evolutionary Biology: Mechanisms and Trends

Springer

£107.98 05 Jun 2026
Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature
72% match

Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature

Wiley

£72.73 11 Jun 2026
Morphogenesis, Environmental Stress and Reverse Evolution
72% match

Morphogenesis, Environmental Stress and Reverse Evolution

Springer

£142.34 25 May 2026
Orthogenesis versus Darwinism
72% match

Orthogenesis versus Darwinism

Springer

£75.36 11 Jun 2026
Life as Its Own Designer: Darwin's Origin and Western Thought: 4 (Biosemiotics, 4)
72% match

Life as Its Own Designer: Darwin's Origin and Western Thought: 4 (Biosemiotics, 4)

Springer

£107.85 22 May 2026
Where Do We Come From? Is Darwin Correct?: A Philosophical and Critical Study of Darwin's Theory of “Natural Selection” (Routledge Revivals)
72% match

Where Do We Come From? Is Darwin Correct?: A Philosophical and Critical Study of Darwin's Theory of “Natural Selection” (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£133.05 31 May 2026