Gould Stephen Jay Preface (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hbk, xvii, 430 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Condition of book and dust wrapper as new. Contents : A Biographical Sketch -- "A very dull, ignorant, and uneducated person" -- Journeys -- Intellectual Life: "Satisfaction, Retrospection and Work" -- Domestic Life: "Gardening and rural walks" -- Anthology -- Science -- Evolution -- Beginnings -- The "Sarawak Law" -- The "Ternate Paper" -- "Thunderbolt from a cloudless sky": Darwin and Natural Selection -- Evolution by Natural Selection -- Agreeing with Darwin -- Disagreeing with Darwin -- Female Choice -- Genetics -- Name Selection -- Beyond Natural Selection -- Darwinism -- Biogeography -- The Amazon -- South-east Asia: "Wallace's Line" -- Synthesis -- Natural History and Conservation -- The Amazon -- South-east Asia -- Conservation -- Geography, Geology, and Glaciology -- Geology -- Glaciology -- Humans -- "Uncivilised people" -- "A being apart": Human Evolution -- Human Improvement -- Spiritualism and Metaphysics -- "Strange Doings": Conversion -- "To excite to inquiry": Spiritualism and Science -- A World Viewed Through the Lens of Spiritualism -- Travel -- Expectations -- City Life -- Life in the Field -- "An industrious and persevering traveller" -- "Tedious and unfortunate": Hazardous Voyages -- "A want of harmony between man and nature": American Travels -- Social Issues -- Evolution of a Socialist -- "Robbery of the poor by the rich": The Land Problem -- Public Health -- Institutional Reform -- Public Education -- Capitalism and Empire -- Economics -- Globalization -- War and Imperialism -- Coda: Wallace and Darwin -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Wallace's Major Publications -- A Selection of Publications on or about Wallace. [Natural selection - Evolution (Biology) - Naturalists Wales] q935 / m12954.

Verso. 2002. First Edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated in B/W. Gilt to spine. Corners and spine lightly bumped. Overall a lovely copy in a slightly worn and price-clipped wrapper.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!