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	Book review: The natural selection of scientists Tuesday Book Alfred Russel... Newspaper article from: The Independent (London, England) ...amply born out by Peter Raby's splendid biography of Alfred Russel Wallace, the man who independently...of the theory. Wallace was never the neglected...especially in later life, that humankind...of his case. As Raby makes clear, Darwin...
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	Alfred Russel Wallace.(Review) Magazine article from: Science Alfred Russel Wallace A Life by Peter Raby Chatto and Windus (Random House), London, and Princeton...have two English fathers, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Alfred Wallace (1823-1913). It was brought forth at Burlington House...
	Evolutionary Road Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE A LifeBy Peter Raby Princeton Univ. 340 pp. $26.95 THE ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE READER A Selection of Writings...With six new books about his life or work appearing within the past...
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	Evolution of theory Newspaper article from: The Scotsman ...clan and his fellow theorist Alfred Wallace. Darwin's great-grandson...about the deepest mysteries of life. Darwin did not "dumb down...higher animals he studied. Peter Raby, biographer of Alfred Russel Wallace, recreated the passion...
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