| If I Am to Be Remembered: Correspondence of Julian Huxley Contributor(s): Dronamraju, Krishna R. (Author), Needham, Joseph (Author), Zuckerman, Shalom (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 9810211422 ISBN-13: 9789810211424 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Science | Life Sciences - General - Science | History |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96139047 |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With a foreword by S Zuckerman The First Julian Huxley Memorial Lecture by J Needham Sir 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. |