Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of Its Applications

by Alfred Russel Wallace

Book Overview

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) is regarded as the co-discoverer with Darwin of the theory of evolution. It was an essay which Wallace sent in 1858 to Darwin (whom he greatly admired and to whom he dedicated his most famous book, The Malay Archipelago) which impelled Darwin to publish an article on his own long-pondered theory simultaneously with that of Wallace. As a travelling naturalist and collector in the Far East and South America, Wallace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108001327
• ISBN13: 9781108001328
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"