The Extraordinary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Authors

  • Mª Victoria Ruiz Pérez Spain

Keywords:

Alfred Russel Wallace

Abstract

This year we celebrate 200 years since the birth of Darwin and 150 years since the publication of his most famous and influential work in Science, Philosophy, and Western society: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. I believe this anniversary is also a good time to revisit a figure who for decades remained in a dark second (or third) background: the figure of Alfred Russel Wallace

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Published

2009-10-20

How to Cite

Ruiz Pérez, M. V. (2009). The Extraordinary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace. Encuentros En La Biología, 2(125), 49–51. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18538