An inordinate fondness for beetles : campfire conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on people and nature based on common travel in the Malay Archipelago, the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise
- Responsibility
- Paul Spencer Sochaczewski.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Singapore : Editions Didier Millet, c2012.
- Physical description
- 416 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Access
Biology Library (Falconer)
Stacks
| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| QH31 .W2 S63 2012 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Publisher's Summary
- 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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Subjects
- Subject
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 > Travel > Malay Archipelago.
- Malay Archipelago > Description and travel.
- Singapore > Description and travel.
- Malaya > Description and travel.
- Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer > Travel > Malay Archipelago.
- Natural history > Malay Archipelago.
- Natural history > Singapore.
- Ethnology > Malay Archipelago.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2012
- Title Variation
- Campfire conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on people and nature based on common travel in the Malay Archipelago, the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise.
- ISBN
- 9789814385206 (pbk.)
- 9814385204 (pbk.)
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