{"product_id":"the-huxleys-an-intimate-history-of-evolution-9780226836614","title":"The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley (\"Darwin's Bulldog\") and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between them, they communicated to the world the great modern story of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In \u003ci\u003eThe Huxleys\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated historian Alison Bashford writes seamlessly about these omnivorous intellects together, almost as if they were a single man whose long, vital life bookended the colossal shifts in world history from the age of sail to the Space Age, and from colonial wars to world wars to the cold war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Huxleys' specialty was evolution in all its forms--at the grandest level of species, deep time, the Earth, and at the most personal and intimate. They illuminated the problems and wonders of the modern world and they fundamentally shaped how we see ourselves, as individuals and as a species. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But perhaps their greatest subject was themselves. Bashford's engaging, brilliantly ambitious book interweaves the Huxleys' momentous public achievements with their private triumphs and tragedies. The result is the history of a family, but also a history of humanity grappling with its place in nature. This book shows how much we owe--for better or worse--to the unceasing curiosity, self-absorption, and enthusiasm of a small, strange group of men and women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Bashford \u003c\/b\u003eis Scientia Professor in History, director of the Laureate Centre for History and Population, and codirector of the New Earth Histories Research Program at the University of New South Wales in Australia. In 2021, she received the Dan David Prize for her contributions to the history of medicine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900699447570,"sku":"9780226836614","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_678281f7-d5ec-4023-95c9-f262feaf6757.jpg?v=1738392916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-huxleys-an-intimate-history-of-evolution-9780226836614","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}