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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic. It spurred Darwin to set aside the "big species book" he was drafting and quickly write an abstract of it, which was published in 1859 as On the Origin of Species.

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Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and its canals," with an alternative explanation

"Is Mars Habitable?" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a critical examination of Professor Percival Lowell's theories on the habitability of Mars, written i...

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

"The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This volum...

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Tropical nature, and other essays

"Tropical Nature, and Other Essays" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century. The work explores the charact...

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Vaccination a Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime Proved by the Official Evidence in the Reports of the Royal Commission

"Vaccination a Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a critical examination of vaccination practices written in the lat...

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A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, : $b with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon valley

"A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro" by Alfred R. Wallace is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work documents ...

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Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses

"Palm Trees of the Amazon and Their Uses" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This work focuses on t...

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Travels on the Amazon

"Travels on the Amazon" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific travelogue written in the mid-19th century. The narrative details Wallace's adventuro...

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The Remedy for Unemployment

"The Remedy for Unemployment" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a socio-economic pamphlet written in the early 20th century. The book addresses the pressing...

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The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

"The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific travel narrative written in the late 19th century. The book documents Walla...

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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

"Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2" by James Marchant is a collection of letters and personal reflections written during the la...

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Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca

"From the Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. March 1856."

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The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface

"The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 1" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book e...

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Social Environment and Moral Progress

"Social Environment and Moral Progress" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work explores the ...

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Island Life; Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras

"Island Life; Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th...

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The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

"The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific travelogue written in the mid-19th century that explores the natural histor...

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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays

"Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This collect...

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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1

"Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1" by James Marchant is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume co...

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Darwinism (1889) An exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications

"Darwinism" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. The book serves as an exposition of the theory ...

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A defence of modern spiritualism

"“A Defence of Modern Spiritualism” by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century." The work explores the evid...

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Man's Place in the Universe A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds, 3rd Edition

"Man's Place in the Universe" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the implication...

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