Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species

Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin independently discovered the principle of natural selection, yet today nearly all of the credit for the discovery goes to Darwin. Through extensive analysis of Wallaces Species Notebook, Costa aims to show Wallace in a new light.

About the author

James T. Costa is Executive Director of Highlands Biological Station and Professor of Biology at Western Carolina University.

Summary

Darwin is credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but Alfred Russel Wallace saw the same process at work in nature and elaborated the same theory. Dispelling misperceptions of Wallace as a secondary figure, James Costa reveals the two naturalists as equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.

Product details

• Authors: James Costa, James T Costa, James T. Costa, Costa James T.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2014
• EAN: 9780674729698
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72969-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 243 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, History of Science, Biology, life sciences, Evolution / Evolutionary biology