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Huxley as Educator: A Reappraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

David Layton*
Affiliation:
Centre for Studies in Science Education, University of Leeds

Abstract

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Copyright © 1975 by New York University 

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Notes

1. Eisen, Sydney, “Huxley and the Positivists,” Victorian Studies, 7 (1964): 399.Google Scholar

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3. Not 1909, as stated on p. 219 of the text.Google Scholar

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18. Armstrong, H. E., On the need to humour Huxley's will (London, 1933). On p. 9 of the ‘Introductory Essay,’ Dr. Bibby quotes Armstrong's description of Huxley as a lecturer, but omits the critical passages: E.g., “We were hypnotised by his basilisk artistry into the absurd belief that we were learning: in fact, we were just being told, allowed to have no doubts, with no time to think!” Google Scholar