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"The Malay Archipelago" is perhaps the most celebrated of all
writings on Indonesia. Attracting huge public interest at the time
of publication, this two-part work ranks with the nineteenth
century's most important travel writing and Wallace's name
continues to be inextricably linked to the area.
Wallace was best known for his discovery and description of the
faunal discontinuity that now bears his name, "Wallace's Line,"
extending between the islands of Bali and Lombok and Borneo and
Sulawesi, described here in "The Malay Archipelago." This led to
his theory of natural selection, which was presented to the
Linnaean Society in 1858.
"The Malay Archipelago" is perhaps the most celebrated of all
writings on Indonesia. Attracting huge public interest at the time
of publication, this two-part work ranks with the nineteenth
century's most important travel writing and Wallace's name
continues to be inextricably linked to the area.
Wallace was best known for his discovery and description of the
faunal discontinuity that now bears his name, "Wallace's Line,"
extending between the islands of Bali and Lombok and Borneo and
Sulawesi, described here in "The Malay Archipelago." This led to
his theory of natural selection, which was presented to the
Linnaean Society in 1858.
A friend of Charles Darwin and a social activist respected by John
Stuart Mill, Alfred R. Wallace (1823-1913) was an outstanding
nineteenth-century intellectual. Wallace, renowned in his time as
the co-discoverer of natural selection, was a young schoolteacher
when he began his exciting career as an explorer-naturalist, and
set off for Brazil in 1848 with Henry Walter Bates. A Narrative of
Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro (1853) is the stimulating and
engaging result of this first expedition and a precursor to his
best-selling Malay Archipelago (1869). The depth and breadth of
Wallace's observations in this book as naturalist, anthropologist
and geologist are remarkable, and it is tantalising to learn that
half his notes and 'the greater part of [his] collections and
sketches' were lost at sea when his ship was burned on his voyage
home.
The nineteenth-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was
a major influence on Darwin's theory of natural selection. He was
later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the
concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for
compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated
him from the scientific community. The three controversial essays
in this 1875 book attempt to reinforce his beliefs and validate his
claims. The first, written in 1871 and read before The Dialectic
Society, reconsiders the credibility or incredibility of miracles.
The second, 'The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural', had been
published in a secularist periodical several years earlier, and 'A
Defence of Modern Spiritualism' appeared in the Fortnightly Review
shortly before this book was published. Wallace's book takes the
modern reader to the heart of the raging debates engendered by
Darwin, many of which continue over a century later.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913) is regarded as the co-discoverer
with Darwin of the theory of evolution. It was an essay which
Wallace sent in 1858 to Darwin (whom he greatly admired and to whom
he dedicated his most famous book, The Malay Archipelago) which
impelled Darwin to publish an article on his own long-pondered
theory simultaneously with that of Wallace. As a travelling
naturalist and collector in the Far East and South America, Wallace
already inclined towards the Lamarckian theory of transmutation of
species, and his own researches convinced him of the reality of
evolution. On the publication of On the Origin of Species, Wallace
became one of its most prominent advocates, and Darwinism,
published in 1889, supports the theory and counters many of the
arguments put forward by scientists and others who opposed it.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913) is regarded as the co-discoverer
with Darwin of the theory of evolution. It was an essay which
Wallace sent in 1858 to Darwin (to whom he had dedicated his most
famous book, The Malay Archipelago) which impelled Darwin to
publish an article on his own long-pondered theory simultaneously
with that of Wallace. As a travelling naturalist and collector in
the Far East and South America, Wallace already inclined towards
the Lamarckian theory of transmutation of species, and his own
researches convinced him of the reality of evolution. On the
publication of On the Origin of Species, Wallace became one of its
most prominent advocates. This second, corrected, edition (1871) of
a series of essays published in book form in 1870, shows the
development of his thinking about evolution, and emphasises his
admiration for, and support of, Darwin's work.
First published in 1925. This study examines the advances in
engineering and science in the nineteenth century. The author
examines topics on locomotion and sea travel, photography,
chemistry, electricity amongst many other industrial and scientific
developments. This title will be of interest to historians as well
as scientists and engineers.
First published in 1925. This study examines the advances in
engineering and science in the nineteenth century. The author
examines topics on locomotion and sea travel, photography,
chemistry, electricity amongst many other industrial and scientific
developments. This title will be of interest to historians as well
as scientists and engineers.
The eight key titles re-published in this set make important texts
accessible once again, and provide a comprehensive overview of this
influential Victorian phenomenon. Available as an eight-volume set
or as individual volumes.
Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the
Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the
botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) travelled in 1849 to South
America, where he carried out unprecedented exploration among the
diverse flora across the northern part of the continent. After his
death, Spruce's writings on fifteen fruitful years of discovery
were edited as a labour of love by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel
Wallace (1823-1913), whom Spruce had met in Santarem. This
two-volume work, first published in 1908, includes many of the
author's exquisite illustrations. Showing the determination to
reach plants in almost inaccessible areas, Spruce collected
hundreds of species, many with medicinal properties, notably the
quinine-yielding cinchona tree, as well as the datura and coca
plants. Volume 1 contains Wallace's biographical introduction and a
list of Spruce's published works. The narrative includes discussion
of Para, Santarem, and the Negro and Orinoco rivers.
Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the
Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the
botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) travelled in 1849 to South
America, where he carried out unprecedented exploration among the
diverse flora across the northern part of the continent. After his
death, Spruce's writings on fifteen fruitful years of discovery
were edited as a labour of love by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel
Wallace (1823-1913), whom Spruce had met in Santarem. This
two-volume work, first published in 1908, includes many of the
author's exquisite illustrations. Showing the determination to
reach plants in almost inaccessible areas, Spruce collected
hundreds of species, many with medicinal properties, notably the
quinine-yielding cinchona tree, as well as the datura and coca
plants. Featuring four maps, Volume 2 includes discussion of the
Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes and the cinchona forests of western
Chimborazo.
Sometimes referred to as 'the grand old man of science', Alfred
Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a naturalist, evolutionary theorist,
and friend of Charles Darwin. In this study of tropical flora and
fauna, he takes the reader on a tour of the equatorial forest belt
- the almost continuous band of forest that stretches around the
world between the tropics. There, chameleon-like caterpillars alter
the colours of their cocoons, parasitical trees override their
hosts with spectacular aerial root systems, and some of the most
pressing questions of Victorian evolutionary science arise: how do
animals and plants come to be brightly coloured? Can their
adaptations provide clues about past geological eras? And was
Darwin wholly correct in his theory of sexual selection? First
published in 1878, Wallace's book is a skilfully written reflection
of contemporary naturalism, still highly readable and relevant to
students in the history of science.
First published in 1880, this study of the biology and geography of
islands investigates some of the most pressing questions of
nineteenth-century natural science. Why do countries as far-flung
as Britain and Japan share similar flora and fauna when those of
neighbouring islands in Malaysia are utterly unalike? What is the
origin of life in New Zealand? And why do the geological formations
of Scotland and Wales appear to be the result of glaciers when
those countries lie in the temperate zone? Dismissing popular
theories of submerged continents and 'special creation', Alfred
Russel Wallace (1823 1913) presents extensive evidence of the mass
migration of species, and of drastic and repeated climatic changes
across the globe. Drawing on a vast range of sources and the newest
ocean soundings to support his theories, Wallace wrote the text for
the intelligent general reader. It remains a fascinating
introduction to the subject matter today.
The British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823
1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the
nineteenth century. He is best known for working in parallel with
Darwin on evolution and natural selection. A social reformer and a
prolific writer, he criticised the social and economic system in
nineteenth-century Britain, and raised concerns over the
environmental impact of human activity. First published in 1898,
this book looks back over the history of the nineteenth century,
and describes its material and intellectual achievements with the
aim 'to show how fundamental is the change they have effected in
our life and civilization'. The book surveys technological
inventions such as the railway, the telegraph and telephone, as
well as photography. But it also analyses the century's 'failures',
and discusses the issues of poverty, greed and militarism.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist,
explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the
co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive
fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being
considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost biologists. He
was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the
concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for
compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated
him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist,
highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in
nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent
scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of
human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905.
Volume 1 covers his childhood, his early social activism, and his
expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelago, which
established his reputation.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist,
explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the
co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive
fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being
considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost biologists. He
was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the
concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for
compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated
him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist,
highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in
nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent
scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of
human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905.
Volume 2 deals with his many eminent acquaintances, including
Darwin and Huxley, his lecture tour in America, and his involvement
with spiritualism and with social activism.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist best
remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection.
His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led
to him being considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost
biologists. These volumes, first published in 1869, contain
Wallace's acclaimed and highly influential account of extensive
fieldwork he undertook in modern Indonesia, Malaysia and New Guinea
between 1854 and 1862. Wallace describes his travels around the
island groups, depicting the unusual animals and insects he
encountered and providing ethnographic descriptions of the
indigenous peoples. Wallace's analysis of biogeographic patterns in
Indonesia (later termed the Wallace Line) profoundly influenced
contemporary and later evolutionary and geological thought
concerning both Indonesia and other areas of the world where
similar patterns were found. Volume 1 covers the islands of
Indonesia and Malaysia.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist who is
best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural
selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of
evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth
century's foremost biologists. These volumes, first published in
1869, contain Wallace's acclaimed and highly influential account of
extensive fieldwork he undertook in modern Indonesia, Malaysia and
New Guinea between 1854 and 1862. Wallace describes his travels
around the island groups, depicting the unusual animals and insects
he encountered and providing ethnographic descriptions of the
indigenous peoples. Wallace's analysis of biogeographic patterns in
Indonesia (later termed the Wallace Line) profoundly influenced
contemporary and later evolutionary and geological thought
concerning both Indonesia and other areas of the world where
similar patterns were found. Volume 2 covers the Molucca Islands
and New Guinea.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British biologist and
explorer whose theories of evolution, arrived at independently,
caused Darwin to allow their famous joint paper to go forward to
the Linnean Society in 1858. Considered the nineteenth century's
leading expert on the geographical distribution of animals, Wallace
carried out extensive fieldwork in areas as diverse as North and
South America, Africa, China, India and Australia to document the
habitats, breeding, migration and feeding behaviour of thousands of
species around the world, and the influence of environmental
conditions on their survival. First published in 1876, this
two-volume set presents Wallace's findings, and represents a
landmark in the study of zoology, evolutionary biology and
palaeontology which remains relevant to scholars in these fields
today. Volume 1 focuses on the classification of species, migration
processes, factors influencing extinction, and the characteristics
of a range of zoological regions worldwide.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British biologist and
explorer whose theories of evolution, arrived at independently,
caused Darwin to allow their famous joint paper to go forward to
the Linnean Society in 1858. Considered the nineteenth century's
leading expert on the geographical distribution of animals, Wallace
carried out extensive fieldwork in areas as diverse as North and
South America, Africa, China, India and Australia to document the
habitats, breeding, migration and feeding behaviour of thousands of
species around the world, and the influence of environmental
conditions on their survival. First published in 1876, this
two-volume set presents Wallace's findings, and represents a
landmark in the study of zoology, evolutionary biology and
palaeontology which remains relevant to scholars in these fields
today. Volume 2 explores the distribution of primates, the habitats
and characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects,
and patterns of migration.
A giant of the discipline of biogeography and co-discoverer of
natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace was the most famous
naturalist in the world when he died in 1913. To mark the
centennial of Wallace's death, James Costa offers an elegant
edition of the "Species Notebook" of 1855-1859, which Wallace kept
during his legendary expedition in peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia,
and western New Guinea. Presented in facsimile with text
transcription and annotations, this never-before-published document
provides a new window into the travels, personal trials, and
scientific genius of the co-discoverer of natural selection. In one
section, headed "Note for Organic Law of Change"--an extended
critique of geologist Charles Lyell's anti-evolutionary
arguments--Wallace sketches a book he would never write, owing to
the unexpected events of 1858. In that year he sent to Charles
Darwin an essay announcing his discovery of the mechanism for
species change: natural selection. Darwin's friends Lyell and the
botanist Joseph Hooker proposed a "delicate arrangement": a joint
reading at the Linnean Society of his essay with Darwin's earlier
private writings on the subject. Darwin would publish On the Origin
of Species in 1859, to much acclaim; pre-empted, Wallace's first
book on evolution waited two decades, but by then he had abandoned
his original concept. On the Organic Law of Change realizes in
spirit the project Wallace left unfinished, and asserts his stature
as not only a founder of biogeography and the preeminent tropical
biologist of his day but as Darwin's equal among the pioneers of
evolution.
"For many years Alfred Russel Wallace traveled the globe, observing
fauna and flora and wondering whether the environment in which they
lived affected their development. Island Life, a classic of
scientific literature, is the result of those studies. In it, he
examines a variety of biospheres to determine whether species are
immutable (as was long thought), regardless of changing conditions
in their surroundings, or are in fact capable of adapting in order
to survive. Island Life is divided into two parts: The Dispersal of
Organisms: Its Phenomena, Laws, and Causes and Insular Faunas and
Floras. In Part 1, Wallace discusses the distribution across the
planet of plants and animals, then examines how changes of climate
have affected their dispersal. Part 2 contains case studies of the
organisms on islands as varied as the Galapagos, Great Britain, and
Madagascar. English naturalist ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (18231913)
developed a theory of natural selection independent of his
contemporary Charles Darwin. His works include Contributions to the
Theory of Natural Selection (1870), The Geographical Distribution
of Animals (1876), and Darwinism (1889)."
Alfred Russel Wallace's reputation has been based on the fact that,
at age thirty-five and stricken with malaria in the Moluccan
Islands, he stumbled independently upon on the theory of natural
selection. Andrew Berry's anthology rescue's Wallace's legacy,
showing Wallace to be far more than just the co-discoverer of
natural selection. Wallace was a brilliant and wide-ranging
scientist, a passionate social reformer and a gifted writer. The
eloquence that has made his The Malay Archipelago a classic of
travel writing is a prominent feature too of his extraordinarily
forward-thinking writing on socialism, imperialism and pacifism.
Wallace's opinions on women's suffrage, on land reform, on the
roles of the church and aristocracy in a parliamentary democracy,
on publicly funded education-to name a few of the issues he
addressed-remain as fresh and as topical today as they were when
they were written.
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