Intelligent Evolution: How Alfred Russel Wallace`s World of Life Challenged Darwinism, Flannery Michael A., Wallace Alfred Russel
Автор: Wallace Alfred Russel Название: On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism: Three Essays ISBN: 1340769913 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781340769918 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6323.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Flannery Michael A. Название: Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life ISBN: 0979014190 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979014192 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2200.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
For years Alfred Russel Wallace was little more than an obscure adjunct to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Remembered only for prompting Darwin to write On the Origin of Species in 1859 by writing his own letter proposing a theory of natural selection, Wallace was rightly dubbed by one biographer "the forgotten naturalist." In 1998 Sahotra Sarkar bemoaned Wallace's "lapse into obscurity," noting that "at least in the 19th century literature, the theory of evolution was usually referred to as 'the Darwin and Wallace theory'. In the 20th century, the theory of evolution has become virtually synonymous with Darwinism or neo-Darwinism." While the complaint still has a ring of truth, a decade of recent interest in Wallace has done much to bring him back from history's crypt of forgotten figures. This shouldn't suggest unanimity of opinion, however.
Some regard him as a heretic, others as merely a misguided scientist-turned-spiritualist, still others as a prescient figure anticipating the modern Gaia hypothesis. Perhaps Martin Fichman's phrase hits closest and most persistently to the truth--"the elusive Victorian." Can the real Wallace be found? If so, what might we learn in that rediscovery? The provocative thesis of this new biography is that Wallace, in developing his unique brand of evolution, presaged modern intelligent design theory. Wallace's devotion to discovering the truths of nature brought him through a lifetime of research to see genuine design in the natural world. This was Wallace's ultimate heresy, a heresy that exposed the metaphysical underpinnings of the emerging Darwinian paradigm.
Автор: Raby, Peter Название: Alfred Russel Wallace ISBN: 0712665773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780712665773 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2111.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1858, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the remote Spice Islands, Alfred Russel Wallace wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. A year later, with Wallace still at the opposite side of the world, On the Origin of Species was published.
Автор: Russel Bill Название: Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends ISBN: 0917860411 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780917860416 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1373.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From Rosalind Creasy a name synonymous with California`s garden-to-table movement comes an accessible guide to cultivating and preparing herbs. If you buy only one herb gardening book, this should be it. Creasy takes you from seeds to stove top, from preparing the soil to elegant dining suggestions, with easy-to-follow instructions and inspirational ideas every step of the way.
Автор: Marchant James Название: Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences (1916) ISBN: 1164809547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781164809548 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 10658.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Manna Salvatore John Название: Glorious Trees: Alfred Russel Wallace in California ISBN: 1545034842 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545034842 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5164.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1887, one of the most famous men of science in the world visited California. Englishman Alfred Russel Wallace had conceptualized around the same time as Darwin the "survival of the fittest" cornerstone of natural selection, the lynchpin for the theory of evolution. "Glorious Trees: Alfred Russel Wallace in California" chronicles for the first time his nearly two-month sojourn, from his visits to the natural wonders of Yosemite and the Calaveras Big Trees to his meetings with the state's most eminent scientists and pivotal figures such as conservationist John Muir and politician and businessman Leland Stanford; from a highly publicized s ance and his determined support of Spiritualism to his lectures on Darwinism. What Wallace did and said in California, where he was and who he met, connected him to a bewildering and sometimes bemusing range of people and subjects, from environmentalism to the beginnings of Stanford University; from the Calaveras Skull and one of the greatest hoaxes in natural history to Spiritualism and its colorful frauds; from the mechanized revolution in agriculture to, unbeknownst to him, perhaps the most famous poem in American history, "Casey at the Bat." Significantly, his 1886-1887 American journey was the first and only speaking tour of his lifetime and his lecture on Spiritualism in San Francisco his first public speech anywhere on that subject. Nowhere in America did Wallace immerse himself in nature as completely and nowhere were there cathedrals of nature he wanted most to worship at than those in California. Nowhere in America was his personal connection stronger than in California as well and the story of his '49er brother John is integral to understanding Wallace's time in California. As attested by the journal he kept along the way and the letters he wrote during his travels, which form the basis of "Glorious Trees," nowhere in America was Wallace more himself than when he was in California. The branches of "Glorious Trees: Alfred Russel Wallace in California" extend as far and as wide as those of the Sequoias Wallace so admired. "Glorious Trees" contributes an until-now unexamined portion of his life to the biography of one of the most fascinating men in the history of science.
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