Natural selection and beyond: the intellectual legacy of alfred russel wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the nineteenth century's most potent intellectual forces. In this rich and varied collection, writers from a range of fields explore Wallace's work - and influence today - as biologist, collector, anda Victorian deeply engaged with the social, political, and philosophical issues of the age. INDICE: Introduction; 1: George Beccaloni: Homes Sweet Homes: A Biographical Tour of Wallace's Many Places of Residence; Part I In the World of Nature; 2: Andrew Berry: 'Ardent Beetle-Hunters': Natural History, Collecting, and the Theory of Evolution; 3: Melinda Bonnie Fagan: Theory and Practice in the Field: Wallace's Work in Natural History (1844-1858); 4: George Beccaloni: Wallace's Annoted Copy of the Darwin-Wallace Paper on Natural Selection; 5: James Mallet: Wallace and the Species Concept of the Early Darwinians; 6: Norman A. Johnson: Direct Selection for Reproductive Isolation: The Wallace Effect and Reinforcement; 7: Tim Caro, Sami Merilaita, Martin Stevens: The Colours of Animals: From Wallace to the Present Day I. Cryptic Coloration; 8: Tim Caro, Geoffrey Hill, Leena Lindstrom, Michael Speed: The Colours of Animals: From Wallaceto the Present Day II. Conspicuous Coloration; 9: Bernard Michaux: Alfred Russel Wallace, Biogeographer; 10: Keith Tinkler: Wallace and the Great Ice Age; 11: Sandra Knapp: Wallace, Conservation, and Sustainable Developement; Part IIIn the World of Man and Worlds Beyond; 12: Peter Raby: The 'Finest Butterfly in the World?' : Wallace and His Literary Legacy; 13: Gregory Claeys: Wallace and Owenism; 14: Diane B. Paul: Wallace, Women, and Eugenics; 15: David A. Stack: Out of 'the Limbo of 'Unpractical Politics'': The Origins and Essence of Wallace's Advocacy of Land Nationalization; 16: Martin Fichman: Alfred Russel Wallace and Anti-Vaccinationism in the Late Victorian Cultural Context, 1870-1907; 17: Steven J. Dick: The Universe and Alfred Russel Wallace; 18: Charles H.Smith: Wallace's Unfinished Business; 19: James Moore: Wallace in Wonderland;20: Ted Benton: Wallace's Dilemmas: The Laws of Nature and the Human Spirit; 21: Charles H. Smith: Wallace, Spiritualism, and Beyond: 'Change' or 'No Change'?

• ISBN: 978-0-19-923917-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 11/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés