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Manchester: Siri Scientific Press, 2013. 224, 6 col plates, 35 b/w illus. 240x165mm. PB. Vg. Owner's name inside front cover.. Only now is Alfred Russel Wallace beginning to get his long overdue recognition. In his own time he was acknowledged as joint author, with Darwin, of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Since then, the bright light shone on Darwins achievements has cast Wallace into shadow. this book shows how Wallaces independent discovery of natural selection was no mere flash of inspiration, but the outcome of many years of study and reflection on his extraordinary early life as a field naturalist in South America and the rain forests of the Malay Archipelago. Surviving fever and insect bites on the amazon, he was shipwrecked with the loss of most of his notes and collections on his return journey. Astonishingly, within two years he was preparing for his second major expedition, this time to South East Asia, and for a stay of eight challenging years.…
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Explorer, Evolutionist, Public Intellectual: A Thinker for Our Own Times? Paperback - 2013
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