Essays in Popular Science

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8vo., Publisher s black cloth and dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Slightly cocked. Tight, clean fine copy in a near-fine dust-wrapper. First printing, of the zoologist's accessible collection of essays surveying contemporary issues in science, of which four appear here for the first time. Huxley was a proponent of science education, asserting that "one of the duties of scientific men. is to make available to the lay public the facts and theories of their science" (preface). Huxley was well-known for his writings on biology, ecology, and wildlife conservation. "Among his many awards Huxley received the Kalinga prize for the popularization of science (1953), the Lasker award for his contributions to planned parenthood (1959), the Darwin medal of the Royal Society for his contributions to the theory of evolution (1956), and a gold medal from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Wildlife Fund for his research relating to conservation (1970). He had been elected to the Royal Society in 1938 and was knighted in 1958" (ODNB). N° de ref. del artículo 542

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