Books by Julian S. Huxley

This detailed study of the different rates of growth of parts of the body relative to the body as a whole represents Sir Julian Huxley's great contribution to analytical morphology, and is still the basis for modern investigations in the field.

Originally published in 1934, this book discusses the process of tissue differentiation in developing embryos of a variety of species. Huxley and de Beer examine important aspects of development such as symmetry, the mosaic stage of differentiation and the relationship between hereditary factors and differentiation.

The Individual in the Animal Kingdom by Julian Huxley was first published in 1912 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series. The text contains an interdisciplinary discussion of individuality in nature, taking influence from both biology and philosophy.

A collection of essays, covering a range of fields, from Darwinism and the global population explosion to bird watching, which point out frontiers for scientific research and reaffirm the author's s belief in the intimate connection of the sciences, particularly biology, with the pressing social problems of the present and future.