| Natural Selection and Tropical Nature Contributor(s): Wallace, Alfred Russel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162635088 ISBN-13: 9781162635088 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6" W x 9" (1.47 lbs) 504 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 1891. Essays on descriptive and theoretical biology by Wallace, an English naturalist, evolutionist, geographer, anthropologist, and social critic. Contents: Natural Selection: On the Law which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species; On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type; Mimicry, and other Protective Resemblances Among Animals; On Instinct in Man and Animals; the Philosophy of Birds' Nests; A Theory of Birds' Nests; Creation by Law; The Development of Human Races Under the Law of Natural Selection; The Limits of Natural Selection as Applied to Man. Tropical Nature and Other Essays: The Climate and Physical Aspects of the Equatorial Zone; Equatorial Vegetation; Animal Life in the Tropical Forests; Hummingbirds: As Illustrating the Luxuriance of Tropical Nature; The Colors of Animals and Sexual Selection; The Colors of Plants and the Origin of the Color-Sense; The Antiquity and Origin of Man; The Antiquity of Man in North America; and The Debt of Science to Darwin. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |