My Life a Record of Events and OpinionsRead Books Ltd, 25. mai 2016 - 504 pages This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'My Life a Record of Events and Opinions' is an autobiography that details Wallace's experiences from schoolboy to scientist. It discusses his exploration of the Amazon, his lecture tour of America, and many other interesting periods of his life. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory. |
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... mile away, in order to grow vegetables and have some wholesome exercise. He was rather precise and regular in his habits, quiet and rather dignified in manners, and what would be termed a gentleman of the old school. Of course, he ...
... mile away, in order to grow vegetables and have some wholesome exercise. He was rather precise and regular in his habits, quiet and rather dignified in manners, and what would be termed a gentleman of the old school. Of course, he ...
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... mile from the centre of the town, going along West Street, was a mill called Horn's Mill, which was a great attraction to me. It was an oldfashioned mill for grinding linseed, expressing the oil, and making oilcake. The mill stood close ...
... mile from the centre of the town, going along West Street, was a mill called Horn's Mill, which was a great attraction to me. It was an oldfashioned mill for grinding linseed, expressing the oil, and making oilcake. The mill stood close ...
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... mile off, where he could grow vegetables and small fruit, and where he spent a few hours of every fine day. And these various occupations were an additional source of interest and instruction to us boys. It was here, however, that our ...
... mile off, where he could grow vegetables and small fruit, and where he spent a few hours of every fine day. And these various occupations were an additional source of interest and instruction to us boys. It was here, however, that our ...
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... miles north of Luton, on the coachroad to Bedford. We were nearly a mile from the nearest part of the parish, but it was the most convenient place we could get. An intelligent young labourer was hired to draw the chain in measuring ...
... miles north of Luton, on the coachroad to Bedford. We were nearly a mile from the nearest part of the parish, but it was the most convenient place we could get. An intelligent young labourer was hired to draw the chain in measuring ...
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... miles apart, and in a few cases more than a hundred miles; the accurate measurement of the baselines by steel chains laid in wooden troughs, and carefully tightened by exactly the same weight passing over a pulley, while the ends were ...
... miles apart, and in a few cases more than a hundred miles; the accurate measurement of the baselines by steel chains laid in wooden troughs, and carefully tightened by exactly the same weight passing over a pulley, while the ends were ...
Contents
LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH | |
FOUR YEARS IN THE AMAZON VALLEY | |
LONDON AND VOYAGE TO THE EAST | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
LIFE IN LONDON 18621871SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY WORK | |
SIR CHARLES LYELL AND CHARLES DARWIN | |
HERBERT SPENCER HUXLEY AND OTHER FRIENDS | |
BRECKNOCKSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE | |
SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE | |
HOME LIFE AND WORK | |
A LECTURE TOUR IN AMERICA | |
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