Apes, Angels & Victorians: A Joint Biography of Darwin & Huxley

Apes, Angels & Victorians: A Joint Biography of Darwin & Huxley

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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner

Unravel the intellectual storm that shook the foundations of the Western world with William Irvine’s masterpiece, Apes, Angels & Victorians. This classic joint biography brings to life the mid-19th-century scientific revolution through its two most monumental figures: Charles Darwin, the reclusive, meticulous genius who formulated the theory of evolution, and Thomas Henry Huxley, the brilliant, combative orator known as "Darwin's Bulldog." Irvine traces their parallel lives, shared convictions, and interlocking fates as they battled the entrenched religious orthodoxy and cultural vanity of Victorian society to defend a truth that would change humanity's understanding of itself forever.

Author: William Irvine
Format: Hardback

Genre: Biography

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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner

Unravel the intellectual storm that shook the foundations of the Western world with William Irvine’s masterpiece, Apes, Angels & Victorians. This classic joint biography brings to life the mid-19th-century scientific revolution through its two most monumental figures: Charles Darwin, the reclusive, meticulous genius who formulated the theory of evolution, and Thomas Henry Huxley, the brilliant, combative orator known as "Darwin's Bulldog." Irvine traces their parallel lives, shared convictions, and interlocking fates as they battled the entrenched religious orthodoxy and cultural vanity of Victorian society to defend a truth that would change humanity's understanding of itself forever.