If I Am to Be Remembered Correspondence of Julian Huxley |
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| Author:
| Dronamraju, Krishna R.
Needham, Joseph |
| Foreword by:
| Zuckerman, Shalom |
| ISBN: | 978-981-4354-68-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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With a foreword by S ZuckermanThe First Julian Huxley Memorial Lecture by J NeedhamSir Julian Huxley was especially noted for his versatility -- great biologist, first Director-General of UNESCO, Director of the London Zoo, bird watcher, skilled popular writer of science and a tireless champion of wildlife conservation. This book is a biographical account of Huxley as revealed through his own correspondence and the correspondence of his great contemporaries. An introductory...
More DescriptionWith a foreword by S ZuckermanThe First Julian Huxley Memorial Lecture by J NeedhamSir Julian Huxley was especially noted for his versatility -- great biologist, first Director-General of UNESCO, Director of the London Zoo, bird watcher, skilled popular writer of science and a tireless champion of wildlife conservation. This book is a biographical account of Huxley as revealed through his own correspondence and the correspondence of his great contemporaries. An introductory biographical summary is followed by his and others' letters and a collection of some of his writings. A complete bibliography of Huxley is included. The book would be of great interest to all biologists, students of the United Nations, historians of science and nature conservationists.