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 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.
| ISBN-13: | 9789810211424 |
| ISBN-10: | 9810211422 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific |
| Publication date: | 1993 |
| Pages: | 294 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 8.75 Inches, Length: 6.25 Inches, Weight: 0 Pounds, Width: 1.25 Inches |
| Author: | Krishna R. Dronamraju |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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