Alfred Russel Wallace

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays by the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781108001540
• ISBN-10: 1108001548
• Artikelnr.: 26969859

Autorenporträt

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator who lived from 8 January 1823 to 7 November 1913. His own development of the theory of evolution through natural selection is what made him most famous. Charles Darwin's earlier papers on the subject were also excerpted in his 1858 paper, which was published in the same year. In response, Darwin rapidly wrote an abstract of the "great species book" he was composing, which he then published in 1859 as "On the Origin of Species. Beginning in the Amazon River basin, Wallace conducted considerable fieldwork. The Wallace Line, which divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts and is now known as the Wallace Line, was discovered by him while conducting fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago. In the western portion, where the animals are large and of Asian origin, and in the eastern portion, where the fauna reflects Australasia. He is frequently referred to as the "father of biogeography," or more specifically, of zoogeography, and was thought to be the foremost authority on the geographic distribution of animal species in the 19th century.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Additions and corrections to the essays as originally published
Preface to the second edition
1. On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species
2. On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type
3. Mimicry and other protective resemblances among animals
4. The Malayan Papilionidae, or swallow-tailed butterflies, as illustrative of the theory of natural selection
5. On instinct in Man and animals
6. The philosophy of birds' nests
7. A theory of birds' nests
8. Creation by law
9. The development of human races under the law of natural selection
10. The limits of natural selection as applied to Man
Notes
Index.