Article ID: CBB000933668

Wallace in Wonderland (2006)

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In heroic history of science, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) is ever the foil, a lesser light reflecting a greater glory. One biographer dubs him Darwin's Moon. No lunatic, Wallace independently worked out a theory of evolution, which Darwin called natural selection and for which he scooped the kudos by rushing into print with On the Origin of Species. Wallace remained the perfect gent but stubbornly went his own way. Within a decade he and Darwin had parted company on a range of issues. Most remarkably, Wallace came out believing in a world of purposive spirits and a Spiritual Power directing evolution. He saw séances as a new branch of Anthropology. Darwin and his defenders were unconvinced. How they dealt with Wallace illustrates the making of Science (with a capital S) and reminds us that sciences once made can be made again.

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Description On A. R. Wallace and his relationship with Darwin and Darwin's followers.


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Authors & Contributors
van Wyhe, John
Costa, James T.
Christie MacNeil
Meiring, Henry-James
Limeira-DaSilva, Victor Rafael
Mitchell Jabalee
Concepts
Evolution
Natural selection
Biology
Controversies and disputes
Biographies
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
England
Amazon River Region (South America)
Nova Scotia
South America
Malay; Malaysia
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