Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Individual in the Animal Kingdom by Julian Huxley was first published in 1912. The text contains an interdisciplinary discussion of individuality in nature, taking influence from both biology and philosophy.
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Individual in the Animal Kingdom by Julian Huxley was first published in 1912. The text contains an interdisciplinary discussion of individuality in nature, taking influence from both biology and philosophy.
Julian Huxley (1887-1975), an English evolutionary biologist, was a prolific author and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth-century effort to consolidate the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory. Richard Gawne is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and coeditor of The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects (MIT Press). Jacobus Boomsma is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Copenhagen.
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Preface 1. The idea of individuality 2. The biological foundations of individuality 3. Some other definitions of animal individuality 4. The second grade of individuality and its attainment 5. The later progress of individuality 6. The relation of individuality to matter: conclusion Literature cited Appendix A Appendix B Index.
Preface 1. The idea of individuality 2. The biological foundations of individuality 3. Some other definitions of animal individuality 4. The second grade of individuality and its attainment 5. The later progress of individuality 6. The relation of individuality to matter: conclusion Literature cited Appendix A Appendix B Index.
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