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The heretic in Darwin's court
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ISBN: 1282871897 9786612871894 0231503563 9780231503563 0231130104 9780231130103 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York Columbia University Press

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During their lifetimes, Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin shared credit and fame for the independent and near-simultaneous discovery of natural selection. Together, the two men spearheaded one of the greatest intellectual revolutions in modern history, and their rivalry, usually amicable but occasionally acrimonious, forged modern evolutionary theory. Yet today, few people today know much about Wallace. The Heretic in Darwin's Court explores the controversial life and scientific contributions of Alfred Russel Wallace -- Victorian traveler, scientist, spiritualist,


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Dispelling the darkness : voyage in the malay archipelago and the discovery of evolution by Wallace and Darwin
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ISBN: 9814458813 9789814458818 9789814458795 9814458791 Year: 2013 Publisher: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific,

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""The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness."" T H Huxley (1887). Darwin is one of the most famous scientists in history. But he was not alone. Comparatively forgotten, Wallace independently discovered evolution by natural selection in Southeast Asia. This book is based on the most thorough research ever conducted on Wallace's voyage. Closely connected, but worlds apart, Darwin and Wallace


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Alfred Russel Wallace : letters from the Malay Archipelago
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ISBN: 0199684006 0191506877 9780191506871 9780199683994 0199683999 0191506885 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,


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On the Organic Law of Change
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ISBN: 0674726022 9780674726024 9780674724884 0674724887 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge, MA


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Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species
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ISBN: 0674416473 0674416465 9780674416468 9780674729698 0674729692 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge, MA

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Charles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, working independently, saw the same process at work in the natural world and elaborated much the same theory. Their important scientific contributions made both men famous in their lifetimes, but Wallace slipped into obscurity after his death, while Darwin's renown grew. Dispelling the misperceptions that continue to paint Wallace as a secondary figure, James Costa reveals the two naturalists as true equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. Analyzing Wallace's "Species Notebook," Costa shows how Wallace's methods and thought processes paralleled Darwin's, yet inspired insights uniquely his own. Kept during his Southeast Asian expeditions of the 1850s, the notebook is a window into Wallace's early evolutionary ideas. It records his evidence-gathering, critiques of anti-evolutionary arguments, and plans for a book on "transmutation." Most important, it demonstrates conclusively that natural selection was not some idea Wallace stumbled upon, as is sometimes assumed, but was the culmination of a decade-long quest to solve the mystery of the origin of species. Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species also reexamines the pivotal episode in 1858 when Wallace sent Darwin a manuscript announcing his discovery of natural selection, prompting a joint public reading of the two men's papers on the subject. Costa's analysis of the "Species Notebook" shines a new light on these readings, further illuminating the independent nature of Wallace's discoveries.


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Natural selection and beyond
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ISBN: 1282053183 9786612053184 0191553581 9780191553585 9780199239160 0199239169 6612053186 1383037116 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford New York Oxford University Press

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Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the 19th century's most potent intellectual forces. In this rich and varied collection, writers from a range of fields explore Wallace's work - and influence today - as a biologist, collector, and a Victorian deeply engaged with the social, political, and philosophical issues of the age.


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Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-East Asia and Australasia
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ISBN: 3319261592 3319261614 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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"Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia. An International Conference" will be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of studies on Alfred Russel Wallace and other natural historians, past and present, as well as contemporary research on South-east Asian and Australasian biological diversity. The conference will bring together leading researchers including biologists, ecologists, zoologists, botanists, geologists, anthropologists, social scientists and others from around the world. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: history of biology, biodiversity, anthropology, geology, conservation, ecosystem management, environmental impact assessments, environmental law, environmental policies, landscape management and habitat restoration and management.

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