Huxley Scientific Press
Huxley Scientific Press is a small specialist publishing company, based in Oxford, which grew out of the success of a self-published booklet, The Oxford Science Walk, by Sophie Huxley. The booklet describes a walking tour of Oxford that focuses on the city’s scientific heritage. It has achieved significant sales through local bookshops and museums, as well as through scientific conferences held in the city. You can get some idea of its contents by following the Oxford Virtual Science Walk, a free online version of the printed booklet. The walk is also available in MP3 format as an audio-walk from Footnotes Audio Walks.
Our second publication is Oxford Trees, also by Sophie Huxley. This is very much a personal tour of Oxford’s historic centre, visiting many of the fine, rare, and remarkable trees, both within and outside college walls. As well as those of historic and botanical interest, a number of trees with literary associations are also described.
The history and culture of Oxford are especially important to us and our first two publications reflect this. Both booklets are well researched and are beautifully illustrated by local artists. They are ideal for tourists and visitors to Oxford, taking in some of the most majestic buildings and gardens in the city, and they also make attractive souvenirs.
Due for publication in the autumn of 2009 is Darwin’s Mysterious Illness, by Robert Youngson. This is our contribution to the celebration of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth (as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, in 1859). This year, especially, the bookshops are saturated with books on Darwin and evolution, but we hope that our singular offering will illuminate a less well known and puzzling side of the great man’s life
Huxley Scientific Press also publishes Sciquotes, a free searchable database of scientific quotations.
We aim to broaden the scope of Huxley Scientific Press with new publications in 2010. The aim is to produce attractive and well-edited books on unusual scientific themes that will be both entertaining and instructive. At the same time, we hope to restore the traditional standards of editing and typographical design so lamentably lacking in the major Oxford publishing houses of today.
