Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Autor Alfred Russel Wallace
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2009
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 (to whom he had 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 already inclined towards the Lamarckian theory of transmutation of species, and his own researches convinced him of the reality of evolution. On the publication of On the Origin of Species, Wallace became one of its most prominent advocates. This second, corrected, edition (1871) of a series of essays published in book form in 1870, shows the development of his thinking about evolution, and emphasises his admiration for, and support of, Darwin's work.
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (2) 10353 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Briar Bird Press – 10353 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Cambridge University Press – 19 iul 2009 36043 lei  6-8 săpt.

Din seria Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Preț: 36043 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 541

Preț estimativ în valută:
6898 7255$ 5746£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 03-17 ianuarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108001540
ISBN-10: 1108001548
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Additions and corrections to the essays as originally published; Preface to the second edition; 1. On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species; 2. On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type; 3. Mimicry and other protective resemblances among animals; 4. The Malayan Papilionidae, or swallow-tailed butterflies, as illustrative of the theory of natural selection; 5. On instinct in Man and animals; 6. The philosophy of birds' nests; 7. A theory of birds' nests; 8. Creation by law; 9. The development of human races under the law of natural selection; 10. The limits of natural selection as applied to Man; Notes; Index.

Notă biografică

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator who lived from 8 January 1823 to 7 November 1913. His own development of the theory of evolution through natural selection is what made him most famous. Charles Darwin's earlier papers on the subject were also excerpted in his 1858 paper, which was published in the same year. In response, Darwin rapidly wrote an abstract of the "great species book" he was composing, which he then published in 1859 as "On the Origin of Species. Beginning in the Amazon River basin, Wallace conducted considerable fieldwork. The Wallace Line, which divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts and is now known as the Wallace Line, was discovered by him while conducting fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago. In the western portion, where the animals are large and of Asian origin, and in the eastern portion, where the fauna reflects Australasia. He is frequently referred to as the "father of biogeography," or more specifically, of zoogeography, and was thought to be the foremost authority on the geographic distribution of animal species in the 19th century.

Descriere

A collection of essays by the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution.