Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read CHAPTER XXIX on EtoBox?

CHAPTER XXIX by Wallace, Alfred Russel is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is CHAPTER XXIX about?

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

Author
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781108029599

More by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Browse all works by Wallace, Alfred Russel