Huxley Aldous

Man and His Future.

1963 · Best.-Nr. 149296 — Boston: Little Brown and Company 1963. First edition of this 1963 scientific progress conference anthology. Octavo original publisher's cloth with eight illustrations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ira Goldblatt. Uncommon in this condition. Man and His Future is an anthology derived from a 1963 London symposium sponsored by the Ciba Foundation that brought together sixteen internationally recognized biologists to discuss the long-term prospects of human evolution and scientific progress. Among its most significant contributions is J. B. S. Haldane’s essay “Biological Possibilities for the Human Species in the Next Ten Thousand Years” which contains what is widely regarded as the first scientific reference to the concept of human cloning—marking the initial use of the terms “clone” and “cloning” outside of agricultural contexts. The collection also features a contribution by Julian Huxley whose evolutionary humanism and familial connection to Brave New World underscore the intersection of science and speculative ethics. Little, Brown and Company hardcover