In Darwin's shadow : the life and science of Alfred Russel Wallace : a biographical study on the psychology of history / Michael Shermer.
Pubblicazione:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2002.
Descrizione fisica:
XX, 422 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Preface: Genesis and revelation. Prologue: The psychology of biography. 1. Uncertain beginnings 2. The evolution of a naturalist 3. Breaching the walls of the species citatel 4. The mystery of mysteries solves 5. A gentlemanly arrangement 6. Scientific heresy and ideological murder 7. A scientist among the spiritualists 8. Heretical thoughts 9. Heretical culture 10. Heretic personality 11. The last great Victorian 12. The life of Wallace and the nature of history. Epilogue: Psychobiography and the science of history. Notes. Appendix 1: Wallace archival sources. Appendi 2: Wallace's published works. Bibliography. Index
Smith, Charles H. Alfred Russel Wallace on man.