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Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species /

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 contri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Costa, James T. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Berry, Andrew (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Alfred Russel Wallace: A Short Biography
  • Introduction
  • ONE. Granted the Law
  • TWO. The Consilient Mr. Wallace Transmutation and Related Themes of Wallace's Species Notebook
  • THREE. Wallace and Darwin
  • FOUR. Two Indefatigable Naturalists
  • FIVE. A Striking Coincidence
  • SIX. True with a Vengeance
  • Coda
  • Appendix 1
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on the Text and Illustrations
  • Index