The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader: A Selection of Writings from the Field - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801867894 ISBN 13 : 9780801867897

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Long overshadowed by his contemporaries Charles Darwin and Thomas H. Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist and pioneer evolutionist who researched biological diversity through extensive exploration and travel. Independent of Darwin, Wallace developed a theory of evolution through natural selection, which ultimately spurred Darwin to complete and publish his own Origin of Species. Famous for drawing "Wallace's Line", the boundary line separating the Asian and Australian zoological regions, Wallace's studies of the distribution of plants and animals pioneered an evolutionary approach to global and island biogeography. This study reintroduces Wallace to a general readership beyond the cadre of scientists and historians familiar with his work.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jane R. Camerini is a faculty associate in the department of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801867894
• ISBN 13: 9780801867897
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Camerini Jane R.
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