My Life: A Record of Events and Opinion

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Cosimo, Inc., 1. mai 2007 - 472 pages
"Author of the curious The Wonderful Century, British biologist and explorer ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (18231913) here brings to readers a review of his own life. Discover: the studies that led him on exotic exploits, like his journeys through the Amazon River basin and the Malay archipelago researching plant and animal species; the radical social views that brought him much infamy at home, such as his refusal to believe that evolution, theories of which he developed in parallel with Darwin, could account for human endeavors such as mathematics and art. Spiritualist, creative thinker, and adventurer, Wallace led a singular life detailed with humor and humility in this autobiography. History buffs and those who are interested in the major scientific figures of the 19th century will love getting to know this influential scientist."
 

Contents

CHAPTER
1
MY EARLIEST MEMORIES USK AND HERT
13
WORKERS
43
LAND SURVEYING IN BEDFORDSHIRE
58
RADNORSHIRE
74
BRECKNOCK
87
SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERA
101
LIFE AT LEICESTER and NeaTH
121
HERBERT SPENCER HUXLEY AND OTHER
239
HOME LIFE AND WORK 18701885
259
A LECTURE TOUR IN AMERICA 18861887
272
FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS OF MY LATER
294
LAND NATIONALIZATION TO SOCIALISM
319
MESMERISM TO SPIRITUALISM
334
A CHAPTER ON MONEY MATTERSEARNINGS
357
MY CHARACTERNEW IDEAS
379

FOUR YEARS IN THE AMAZON VALLEY
143
LONDON AND VOYAGE TO THE EAST
163
SIR Charles LyELL AND CHARLES DARWIN
220
LATEST HONOURS
390
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