{"product_id":"wallace-darwin-and-the-origin-of-species","title":"Wallace  Darwin  and the Origin of Species","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection  but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace  working independently  saw the same process at work in the natural world and elaborated much the same theory. Their important scientific contributions made both men famous in their lifetimes  but Wallace slipped into obscurity after his death  while Darwins renown grew. Dispelling the misperceptions that continue to paint Wallace as a secondary figure  James Costa reveals the two naturalists as true equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time.  Analyzing Wallaces Species Notebook  Costa shows how Wallaces methods and thought processes paralleled Darwins  yet inspired insights uniquely his own. Kept during his Southeast Asian expeditions of the 1850s  the notebook is a window into Wallaces early evolutionary ideas. It records his evidence-gathering  critiques of anti-evolutionary arguments  and plans for a book on transmutation. Most important  it demonstrates conclusively that natural selection was not some idea Wallace stumbled upon  as is sometimes assumed  but was the culmination of a decade-long quest to solve the mystery of the origin of species.  Wallace  Darwin  and the Origin of Species also reexamines the pivotal episode in 1858 when Wallace sent Darwin a manuscript announcing his discovery of natural selection  prompting a joint public reading of the two mens papers on the subject. Costas analysis of the Species Notebook shines a new light on these readings  further illuminating the independent nature of Wallaces discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946457460789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674729692","price":40.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674729698.jpg?v=1769950184","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wallace-darwin-and-the-origin-of-species","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}