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We Are Amphibians: Julian and Aldous Huxley on the Future of Our Species
R. S. Deese
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Description for We Are Amphibians: Julian and Aldous Huxley on the Future of Our Species
Hardback. Tells the story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
We Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped advance the modern synthesis" in evolutionary biology and played a pivotal role in founding UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. His argument that we must accept responsibility for our future evolution as a species has attracted a growing number of scientists and intellectuals who embrace the concept of Transhumanism that he first outlined in the 1950s. Although Aldous Huxley is most widely known for his dystopian novel Brave New ... Read more
We Are Amphibians tells the fascinating story of two brothers who changed the way we think about the future of our species. As a pioneering biologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley helped advance the modern synthesis" in evolutionary biology and played a pivotal role in founding UNESCO and the World Wildlife Fund. His argument that we must accept responsibility for our future evolution as a species has attracted a growing number of scientists and intellectuals who embrace the concept of Transhumanism that he first outlined in the 1950s. Although Aldous Huxley is most widely known for his dystopian novel Brave New ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520281523
SKU
V9780520281523
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About R. S. Deese
R. S. Deese teaches history at Boston University. His work has been published in AGNI, Endeavour, Aldous Huxley Annual, MungBeing, and Berkeley Poetry Review.
Reviews for We Are Amphibians: Julian and Aldous Huxley on the Future of Our Species
"An interesting, thought-provoking work."
F. W. Yow CHOICE "Deese has written a splendidly readable and analytically rigorous study of a fascinating topic, and one that is of continuing relevance in today's world of endangered species, climate change and global violence."
Paul Crook Australian Journal of Politics and History
F. W. Yow CHOICE "Deese has written a splendidly readable and analytically rigorous study of a fascinating topic, and one that is of continuing relevance in today's world of endangered species, climate change and global violence."
Paul Crook Australian Journal of Politics and History