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Infinite Tropics : An Alfred Russel Wallace Collection - Alfred Russel Wallace

Infinite Tropics

An Alfred Russel Wallace Collection

By: Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry (Editor), Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword by)

Paperback | 1 December 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Alfred Russel Wallace.s reputation has been based on the fact that, at age thirty-five and stricken with malaria in the Moluccan Islands, he stumbled independently upon on the theory of natural selection. Andrew Berry.s anthology rescue.s Wallace.s legacy, showing Wallace to be far more than just the co-discoverer of natural selection. Wallace was a brilliant and wide-ranging scientist, a passionate social reformer and a gifted writer. The eloquence that has made his The Malay Archipelago a classic of travel writing is a prominent feature too of his extraordinarily forward-thinking writing on socialism, imperialism and pacifism. Wallace.s opinions on women.s suffrage, on land reform, on the roles of the church and aristocracy in a parliamentary democracy, on publicly funded education.to name a few of the issues he addressed.remain as fresh and as topical today as they were when they were written.
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"Berry's editorial commentary is succinct, accurate, and generally right to the point, and he has chosen his selections wisely, giving his readers a splendid, if somewhat teasing glimpse of Wallace's genius." - A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2002 "Berry's anthology of the most important writings ... should be read to appreciate fully the sophistication of Wallace's biological thought." -- Times Literary Supplement "... this collection of [Wallace's] writing, each section introduced by relevant remarks on Wallace's thinking at the time, is enthralling." - New Scientist "In Infinite Tropics, Andrew Berry does a wonderful job of excerpting Wallace's many writings... Berry tells this story, 'one of the most celebrated in the history of science', beautifully" - Daily Telegraph "... an outstanding overview of Wallace's intellectual world." - British Journal for the History of Science

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