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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788927303321

Autore

Wallace Alfred Russel <1823-1913.>

Titolo

On the organic law of change : a facsimile edition and annotated transcription of Alfred Russel Wallace's Species notebook of 1855-1859 / / annotated by James T. Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-674-72602-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (640 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CostaJames T. <1963->

Disciplina

508.598

Soggetti

Natural history - Malay Archipelago

Natural selection

Evolution (Biology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- Species Notebook (Recto) -- [1]-[35] -- [36]-[85] -- [86]-[135] -- [136]-[181] -- Species Notebook (Verso) -- [1]-[58] -- [59]-[77] -- Appendix 1: Species Notebook Entries Bearing on Transmutation and Related Topics -- Appendix 2: On Wallace's Critique of Charles Lyell and Principles of Geology -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Notes from Wallace's Malay expedition.