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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... SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE CHAPTER VI RADNORSHIRE CHAPTER VII RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES: BRECKNOCKSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE CHAPTER VIII SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE CHAPTER IX LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH CHAPTER X FOUR YEARS IN ...
... SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE CHAPTER VI RADNORSHIRE CHAPTER VII RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES: BRECKNOCKSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE CHAPTER VIII SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE CHAPTER IX LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH CHAPTER X FOUR YEARS IN ...
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... surveyor. He worked for William for six years until the business declined due to difficult economic conditions ... surveying career. They corresponded on prominent works of the time such as Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle ...
... surveyor. He worked for William for six years until the business declined due to difficult economic conditions ... surveying career. They corresponded on prominent works of the time such as Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle ...
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... surveying and a little architecture. When I went to the Amazon, he took a small dairyfarm at too high a rent, and ... surveyor and water engineer till his death in 1895. My younger brother, Herbert, was first placed with a trunk maker in ...
... surveying and a little architecture. When I went to the Amazon, he took a small dairyfarm at too high a rent, and ... surveyor and water engineer till his death in 1895. My younger brother, Herbert, was first placed with a trunk maker in ...
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... thoroughly relied on. It has, however, long been out of print, and very few people have read it or even heard of it, and it is for this reason that I have given this brief outline. CHAPTER V SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE IT was, I think, early.
... thoroughly relied on. It has, however, long been out of print, and very few people have read it or even heard of it, and it is for this reason that I have given this brief outline. CHAPTER V SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE IT was, I think, early.
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... of headache and vomiting that I was cured once and for ever from any desire to smoke, and although I afterwards lived for some years among Portuguese and Dutch, almost all of whom are smokers, I never SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE.
... of headache and vomiting that I was cured once and for ever from any desire to smoke, and although I afterwards lived for some years among Portuguese and Dutch, almost all of whom are smokers, I never SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE.
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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