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- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
- Description
- Book — xii, 573 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 22 cm
- Summary
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A giant of the discipline of biogeography and co-discoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace was the most famous naturalist in the world when he died in 1913. To mark the centennial of Wallace's death, James Costa offers an elegant edition of the "Species Notebook" of 1855-1859, which Wallace kept during his legendary expedition in peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, and western New Guinea. Presented in facsimile with text transcription and annotations, this never-before-published document provides a new window into the travels, personal trials, and scientific genius of the co-discoverer of natural selection. In one section, headed "Note for Organic Law of Change"--an extended critique of geologist Charles Lyell's anti-evolutionary arguments--Wallace sketches a book he would never write, owing to the unexpected events of 1858. In that year he sent to Charles Darwin an essay announcing his discovery of the mechanism for species change: natural selection. Darwin's friends Lyell and the botanist Joseph Hooker proposed a "delicate arrangement": a joint reading at the Linnean Society of his essay with Darwin's earlier private writings on the subject. Darwin would publish On the Origin of Species in 1859, to much acclaim; pre-empted, Wallace's first book on evolution waited two decades, but by then he had abandoned his original concept. On the Organic Law of Change realizes in spirit the project Wallace left unfinished, and asserts his stature as not only a founder of biogeography and the preeminent tropical biologist of his day but as Darwin's equal among the pioneers of evolution.
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3. The annotated Malay Archipelago [2015]
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 author.
- Singapore : NUS Press, [2015]
- Description
- Book — xvii, 801 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Summary
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Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast Asia. It has been loved by readers ever since its publication in 1869. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this is the first - and long overdue - annotated edition in English. This edition explains, updates and corrects the original text with an historical introduction and hundreds of explanatory notes. Wallace left hundreds of people, places, publications and species unidentified. He referred to most species only with the scientific name current at the time. Whenever available, the common names for species have been provided, and scientific names updated. The content of the book has never been thoroughly analysed and compared against other contemporary sources. It turns out that the book contains many errors. This includes not just incorrect dates and place names but some of the most remarkable anecdotes; for example, the dramatic claim that tigers ""kill on an average a Chinaman every day"" in Singapore or that a Dutch Governor General committed suicide by leaping from a waterfall on Celebes. By correcting the text of the Malay Archipelago against Wallace's letters and notebooks and other contemporary sources and by enriching it with modern identifications this edition reveals Wallace's work as never before.
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- Glaubrecht, Matthias.
- 1. Aufl. - Berlin : Galiani, 2013.
- Description
- Book — 442 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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- Prolog : Verschollene Briefe
- Zur Einführung : der junge Mann in Eile
- Wer war Wallace?
- Der vermeintliche Wettlauf mit Darwin
- Rätsel um die Entdeckung der Evolution
- Der paradoxe Wallace
- Der neue Wallace
- Aru : oder : am Ende des Archipels (Januar-Juli 1857)
- Kai-Inseln, Januar 1857
- Auf den Aru-Inseln
- Vögel wie aus dem Paradies
- Von Wokan nach Wanumbai
- Zurück nach Celebes
- Anfänge : die Evolution eines Evolutionisten (1823-1848)
- Frühe Einsichten und Ansichten
- Erste Anfänge als Naturforscher
- Das Entscheidungsjahr 1844 und die Bibliothek in Leicester
- Auftritt Henry Walter Bates
- Die abstruse Idee des Robert Chambers
- Wallace' frühe Begegnung mit dem Evolutionsgedanken
- Intermezzo, nochmals als Landvermesser, in Wales 1845-1847
- Die Idee, zum Amazonas zu reisen
- Am Amazonas : die erste Expedition (1848-1852)
- Ankunft im Paradies, Pará : Mai 1848
- Auf der Suche nach dem Schirmvogel
- Am Oberlauf des Rio Negro
- Von den Affen am Amazonas
- Fahrt auf dem Rio Uaupés
- Die Katastrophe : Londoner Zwischenspiel (August 1852-März 1854)
- Die Sammlung
- Londoner Zwischenspiel
- Erste Einsichten : in gelehrten Kreisen
- Ein "peinliches" Buch über Palmen und der "absurde" Amazonas-Bericht
- Neue Reisepläne
- Erste Begegnung mit Charles Darwin
- Erster Klasse in den Malayischen Archipel (April-Oktober 1854)
- Zoologische Ausbeute
- Von der Jagd auf Tiger und Käfer : Singapur und Malaka
- Ein ganz normaler Tag : mit Charles Allen und Ali unterwegs
- Wallace als Reisereporter
- Sarawak : oder : das Naturgesetz des Wandels (November 1854-Juni 1855)
- Das Haus am Sarawak : Februar 1855, zur Zeit des Monsuns
- Zu Gast beim "weißen Raja" Sir James Brooke
- "Komplett absurd" : die Theorie des Edward Forbes : oder : wie Wallace ein Naturgesetz entdeckt
- Der Sarawak-Artikel von 1855
- Kurzer Szenenwechsel : Down House, Kent, England
- Ein Irrtum und zwei Legenden
- Darwins Ikone Nr. 1 : Wallace und die Galapagosinseln
- Darwins Ikone Nr. 2 : von Stammbäumen
- "Nichts sonderlich Neues" : Darwins Irrtum (Juli 1855-Mai 1856)
- Das Camp in Simunjon, Sadong-Fluss : Sommer 1855
- Das Notizbuch zur Artenfrage
- Im Norden Borneos : von Kopfjägern und Motten
- Profitiert Darwin vom Sarawak-Aufsatz?
- Auf dem Weg zu Darwins "großem Arten-buch" : Down House, April 1856
- Von Bali nach Aru : die Linie (Juni 1856-Juli 1857)
- Lombok : oder : auf Umwegen zur Erkenntnis
- Wo Welten aufeinander-stoßen : die "Wallace-Linie"
- Malaien und Papuas : Wallace' andere Linie
- Ein Rätsel für sich : die Insel Celebes
- Das magische Land in der Mitte : die Wallacea
- Von tiefen Seegräben und landfesten Brücken
- Ein Evolutionist auf Aru
- Das fehlende Teil des Puzzles
- Ternate : das Manuskript (Juli 1857-Juni 1858)
- Ein "hastiger erster Entwurf"
- Ternate, im Januar 1858
- Es war Gilolo und nicht Ternate
- Fieber-Folklore : oder fünf Gulden für die Hütte in Dodinga
- Per Postdampfer nach England : Lücken in der Beweisführung
- Der Dialog beginnt : Darwins erster Brief, Mai 1857
- Der Plan zum Artenbuch : Wallace' zweiter Brief, 27. September 1857
- Wallace ante portas : Darwins Antwort, Dezember 1857
- "Why do some die and some live?" : Wallace' "Malthusischer Moment"
- Verschollene Dokumente : Rätselhaftes und Ungereimtes
- Von Postdampferroutenplänen : Jene eine Stunde im Hafen
- Premiere ohne Hauptdarsteller (Juni 1858-April 1862)
- Von der Damenwahl bei Geweihfliegen
- Dem Entdecker entgeht der Ruhm des Entdeckers
- Darwin in Downe : im Juni 1858
- Konkurrenz von der "Etna" : Dorey, im Juni 1858
- Das delikate Arrangement : London, 1. Juli 1858
- Wallace' Ternate-Aufsatz wird verlesen
- "Ich darf auf die Hilfe dieser großen Männer zählen" : Ternate, im Oktober 1858
- Was geschah wirklich? : eine Rätselnuss für Wissenschaftshistoriker
- Darwins Brief vom 18. Juni
- Das Prinzip der Divergenz
- Darwins Ergänzung der Theorie
- Freispruch aus Mangel an Beweisen
- "Die Theorie ist Ihre und allein Ihre"
- Fazit : Rauchende Colts und Leichen im Keller?
- Das Ende der Expedition
- England : der menschliche Geist (1862-1876)
- Die Rückkehr des Wanderers
- Die Sammlung des Privatgelehrten
- Heirat und Familie
- Die Stellung des Menschen in der Natur
- Wallace' Kehrtwende bei der Menschheitsfrage
- Wallace auf der Suche nach dem X-Faktor ' Wallace und Spiritualismus : ein Kapitel für sich
- Der andere Wallace
- Biogeographie und Auslese : der erste Darwinist (1863-1889)
- Der Reisebericht über den Malayischen Archipel
- Die Begründung der Biogeographie
- Ein Wanderer auch in England
- Natürliche Selektion : oder : Wallace als erster Darwinist
- Die Dreifach-Paradoxie von Wallace' Darwinismus
- Darwins Rettung
- "Darwinismus", England 1889
- Das wundervolle Jahrhundert (1881-1913)
- Was wir von "unzivilisierten" Völkern lernen können
- Landverstaatlichung : Wallace als Sozialreformer
- Ehrungen und die letzten Jahrzehnte ' Leben auf der Erde und im Universum
- Vom "großen Organisator" des Lebens : Wallace' holistisches Weltbild
- Ein Baumstamm in Broadstone
- Der Mann und seine Wirkung
- Das Jahrhundert Darwins
- Die Renaissance beginnt
- Warum Wallace kein zweiter Darwin ist
- Fünf Missverständnisse um Wallace
- Erstens : Status
- Zweitens : wie Wallace die Evolution fand
- Drittens : die Wirkung der Selektion
- Viertens : Spiritualismus und Holismus
- Fünftens und Fazit
- Epilog : Verschwundene Wälder
- Der Exodus der Natur in Singapur
- Räuber im Regenwald auf Borneo
- Feldzug gegen den Urwald
- Orang-Utan und Co. als Opfer der Kettensägen-Orgie
- Artensterben auch am Amazonas
- Kahlschlag, Kohlenstoff, Klima : und am Ende der Mensch
- Eine kurze Chronologie der Ereignisse
- Danksagung
- Kommentierte Literatur, Lese- und Website-Empfehlungen zu Alfred Russel Wallace
- Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Originalliteratur
- Register.
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- Guhl, Felipe, author.
- Segunda edición. - Bogotá : Universidad de Los Andes, 2023.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Summary
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- En Busca del Origen_cubierta.pdf
- En Busca del Origen.pdf
- Online
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- ProQuest Ebook Central Access limited to 1 user
- Google Books (Full view)
Stanford Libraries
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- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 author and correspondent.
- First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Description
- Book — xxxi, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Summary
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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia), which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, they are filled with lavish descriptions of the remote regions he explored, the peoples, and fascinating details of the many new species of mammals, birds, and insects he discovered during his time there. John van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker present new transcriptions of each of the letters, including recently discovered letters that shed light on the voyage and on questions such as Wallace's reluctance to publish on evolution, and why he famously chose to write to Darwin rather than to send his work to a journal directly. A revised account of Wallace's itinerary based on new research by the editors forms part of an introduction that sets the context of the voyage, and the volume includes full notes to all letters. Together the letters form a remarkable and vivid document of one of the most important journeys of the 19th century by a great Victorian naturalist.
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- Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer, author.
- Second edition. - Geneva, Switzerland : Explorer's Eye Press, [2017]
- Description
- Book — 452 pages ; 22 cm
- Summary
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- Burnet, Ian, author.
- [Kenthurst, New South Wales] : Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2017.
- Description
- Book — 206 pages ; 24 cm
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- Online
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- Guhl, Felipe, author.
- Primera edición - Bogotá : Universidad de los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes : Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales : Villegas Editores, 2021
- Description
- Book — 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm + 1 folded map (62 x 46 cm, folded to 23 x 16 cm)
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- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource
- Summary
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- [1]-[35]
- [36]-[85]
- [86]-[135]
- [136]-[181]
- [1]-[58]
- [59]-[77]
- Appendix 1: Species Notebook Entries Bearing on Transmutation and Related Topics
- Appendix 2: On Wallace's Critique of Charles Lyell and Principles of Geology
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
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Marking A. R. Wallace' s death in 1913, James Costa presents in facsimile, with transcription and annotations, the " Species Notebook" of 1855-1859. These extensive, never-before-published notes from Wallace' s Malay expedition reveal the travels, trials, and genius of the co-discoverer of natural selection - Darwin' s equal among pioneers of evolution.
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- Schmitt, Cannon.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Description
- Book — xii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Summary
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- Introduction
- 1. Charles Darwin's savage mnemonics
- 2. Alfred Russel Wallace's tropical memorabilia
- 3. Charles Kingsley's recollected empire
- 4. W. H. Hudson's memory of loss
- Coda: some reflections.
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- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 author and correspondent.
- First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (xxxi, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color
- Summary
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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia), which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, they are filled with lavish descriptions of the remote regions he explored, the peoples, and fascinating details of the many new species of mammals, birds, and insects he discovered during his time there. John van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker present new transcriptions of each of the letters, including recently discovered letters that shed light on the voyage and on questions such as Wallace's reluctance to publish on evolution, and why he famously chose to write to Darwin rather than to send his work to a journal directly. A revised account of Wallace's itinerary based on new research by the editors forms part of an introduction that sets the context of the voyage, and the volume includes full notes to all letters. Together the letters form a remarkable and vivid document of one of the most important journeys of the 19th century by a great Victorian naturalist.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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- Burnet, Ian, author.
- Kenthurst, N.S.W. : Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2017.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource
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- Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer.
- [Singapore] : [Editions Didier Millet], [2012]
- Description
- Book — 416 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
- Summary
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Campfire conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on people and nature based on his travel in the Malay archipelago: the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise. Part travelogue, part biography, this book charts the discoveries of the famous naturalist/explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Born in 1823, Wallace devoted much of his time to fieldwork, first in the Amazon and then in Asia. During his travels he identified what is now known as the Wallace Line, which divides the flora and fauna of Asia from that which was hitherto a combination of both Australian and Asian origin. He is, of course, notable for independently developing the theory of evolution due to natural selection (but was perhaps deliberately sidelined by Darwin). He was a voracious collector - he trapped, skinned, and pickled 125,660 specimens, including 212 new species of birds and 900 new species of beetles during his long and productive life.
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- Hemming, John, 1935- author.
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
- Description
- Book — 368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
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Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young mens experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books. All three explored an unknown river and had many thrilling adventures: violent attacks of malaria, fearful rapids, murder attempts, encounters with newly contacted indigenous peoples, shipwrecks, and many other hardships. In addition to their huge contributions to knowledge of the Amazonian environment, each is particularly famous for one discovery. Wallace is acknowledged as a co-discoverer, along with Charles Darwin, of the theory of evolution. Bates discovered protective mimicry among insects, a phenomenon named after him. Spruce transported the quinine-bearing Cinchona tree, the most important medicinal plant of the nineteenth century, to India, where it saved countless lives from malaria.
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