My Life
A Record of Events and Opinions
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2011
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Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-1-108-02959-9 (ISBN)
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost biologists. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist, highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905. Volume 2 deals with his many eminent acquaintances, including Darwin and Huxley, his lecture tour in America, and his involvement with spiritualism and with social activism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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17 Plates, black and white; 4 Line drawings, unspecified
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
704 gr
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978-1-108-02959-9 (9781108029599)
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03/2011
1st Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Content
25. My friends and acquaintances - Darwin; 26. My friends and acquaintances - Spencer, Huxley, Mivart, etc.; 27. My friends and acquaintances - Sir James Brooke, Professor Rolleston, Mr. Aug. Mongredien, Sir Richard Owen, Dr. Richard Spruce; 28. My friends and acquaintances - Dr. Purland, Mr. Samuel Butler, Professor Haughton; 29. Sketch of my life and work, 1871-1886; 30. An American lecture tour - Boston to Washington; 31. Lecturing tour in America - Washington to San Francisco; 32. Lecturing tour in America - California to Quebec; 33. Literary work, etc., 1887-1905; 34. Land nationalization to socialism, and the friends they brought me; 35. Mesmerism to Spiritualism - correspondence with scientific and literary men; 36. Two biological inquirers: an episode in the history of Spiritualism; 37. Spiritualistic experiences in England and America; 38. The anti-vaccination crusade; 39. A chapter on money matters - earnings and losses - speculations and law-suits; 40. My character - new ideas - predictions fulfilled; Addendum; Index.