Evolution: the modern synthesis

HUXLEY, Julian

Published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1942

About this Item

Publisher?s green cloth, thick 8vo, 642pp., Light wear to boards. Contents are clean with light toning and foxing. DJ with some edge wear, toning, light soiling, creasing. Owner name to end paper. A truly classic work in the field of evolutionary science. Sir Julian Huxley (1887-1975), an English evolutionary biologist, was a prolific author and the leading figure in the mid-twentieth century effort to develop the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory. He was the first director of UNESCO, a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund, and the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science in 1953, the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1956, and the Darwin-Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society in 1958. He was also the elder brother of writer Aldous Huxley and the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, the Victorian biologist who was one of Charles Darwin's most noted supporters.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution: the modern synthesis
• Publisher: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1942
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good