Table of Contents
Preface v
Conference Participants xi
Introduction: Revising Our Picture of Julian Huxley C. Kenneth Waters 1
Huxley and His Times
From a Victorian to a Modern: Julian Huxley and the English Intellectual Climate Colin Divall 31
Particulars in Huxley's Intellectual Climate Peter Stansky 45
The English Style of Huxley's Thought Martin J. Wiener 49
Huxley's Place in Twentieth-Century Biology Robert Olby 53
Huxley the Biologist
Julian Huxley in the Laboratory: Embracing Inquisitiveness and Widespread Curiosity J. A. Witkowski 79
Huxley's Interest in Developmental Biology Elof A. Carlson 104
The Elements of Experimental Embryology: a Synthesis for Animal Development Frederick B. Churchill 107
Huxley and the Rise of Ethology Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr. 127
The Tension at the Heart of Huxley's Evolutionary Ethology John R. Durant 150
Comments and Recollections Solly Zuckerman 161
Progress in Evolution and Meaning in Life William B. Provine 165
Julian Huxley and the Evolutionary Synthesis John Beatty 181
Huxley the Statesman of Science
Julian Huxley and the Eugenical View of Human Evolution Garland E. Allen 193
The Value of Diversity in Huxley's Eugenics Diane B. Paul 223
The Dynamics of Huxley's Views on Race and Eugenics Elazar Barkan 230
Huxley and the Popularization of Science Daniel J. Kevles 238
The Ambiguity of Popularization D. L. LeMahieu 252
The British Context of Huxley's Popularization Robert L. Patten 257
Appendix
The Julian Sorell Huxley Papers, Rice University Library Nancy L. Boothe 265
Notes 275
Sources 315