{"product_id":"my-life-a-record-of-events-and-opinions-paperback-9781108029582","title":"My Life; A Record of Events and Opinions (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029582","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Record of Events and Opinions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis autobiography of eminent Victorian scientist, explorer and social activist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was published in 1905.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred Russel Wallace (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029582, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages, 29 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost biologists. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist, highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905. Volume 1 covers his childhood, his early social activism, and his expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelago, which established his reputation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. My relatives and ancestors\u003cbr\u003e 2. Usk: my earliest memories\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hertford: the home of my boyhood\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hertford: my school life\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hertford: my home life\u003cbr\u003e 6. London workers, secularists and Owenites\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bedfordshire: surveying\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bedfordshire: Turvey\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bedfordshire: Silsoe and Leighton Buzzard\u003cbr\u003e 10. Kington and Radnorshire\u003cbr\u003e 11. Brecknockshire\u003cbr\u003e 12. Shropshire and Jack Mytton\u003cbr\u003e 13. Glamorganshire: Neath\u003cbr\u003e 14. First literary efforts\u003cbr\u003e 15. Remarks on my character at twenty-one\u003cbr\u003e 16. London and Leicester\u003cbr\u003e 17. Residence at Neath\u003cbr\u003e 18. The journey to the Amazon\u003cbr\u003e 19. 'In memoriam'\u003cbr\u003e 20. In London, and voyage to Singapore\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Malay archipelago – Singapore, Malacca, Borneo\u003cbr\u003e 22. Celebres, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Timor, Java, and Sumatra\u003cbr\u003e 23. Life in London, 1862–1871 – scientific and literary work\u003cbr\u003e 24. Home life – my friends and acquaintances – Sir Charles Lyell.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266020004120,"sku":"9781108029582","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029582i.jpg?v=1694873546","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-life-a-record-of-events-and-opinions-paperback-9781108029582","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}