The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures

by Alfred Russel Wallace

Book Overview

The British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century. He is best known for working in parallel with Darwin on evolution and natural selection. A social reformer and a prolific writer, he criticised the social and economic system in nineteenth-century Britain, and raised concerns over the environmental impact of human activity. First published in 1898, this book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108036791
• ISBN13: 9781108036795
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"