My Life: A Record of Events and OpinionsCambridge University Press, 16. juuni 2011 - 504 pages 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. |
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 20 |
CHAPTER III | 30 |
CHAPTER IV | 46 |
CHAPTER V | 63 |
CHAPTER VI | 79 |
CHAPTER VII | 106 |
TURVEY | 118 |
CHAPTER XII | 175 |
CHAPTER XIV | 199 |
CHAPTER XV | 223 |
CHAPTER XVI | 229 |
CHAPTER XVII | 241 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 264 |
CHAPTER XIX | 289 |
CHAPTER XX | 302 |
CHAPTER IX | 129 |
KINGTON AND RADNORSHIRE | 140 |
BRECKNOCKSHIRE | 160 |
CHAPTER XXI | 337 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 385 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 409 |
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