{"product_id":"in-darwins-shadow-the-life-and-science-of-alfred-russel-wallace-a-biographical-study-on-the-psychology-of-history-9780195148305","title":"In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History","description":"Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Charles Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his Victorian peers as a man of formidable mind and equally outsized personality. Now Michael Shermer rescues Wallace from the shadow of\u003cbr\u003eDarwin in this landmark biography.\u003cbr\u003e Here we see Wallace as perhaps the greatest naturalist of his age--spending years in remote jungles, collecting astounding quantities of specimens, writing thoughtfully and with bemused detachment at his reception in places where no white man had ever gone. Here, too, is his supple and\u003cbr\u003eforceful intelligence at work, grappling with such arcane problems as the bright coloration of caterpillars, or shaping his 1858 paper on natural selection that prompted Darwin to publish (with Wallace) the first paper outlining the theory of evolution. Shermer also shows that Wallace's self-trained\u003cbr\u003eintellect, while powerful, also embraced surprisingly naive ideas, such as his deep interest in the study of spiritual manifestations and seances. Shermer shows that the same iconoclastic outlook that led him to overturn scientific orthodoxy as he worked in relative isolation also led him to embrace\u003cbr\u003eirrational beliefs, and thus tarnish his reputation. \u003cbr\u003e As author of \u003cem\u003eWhy People Believe Weird Things\u003c\/em\u003e and founding publisher of \u003cem\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, Shermer is an authority on why people embrace the irrational. Now he turns his keen judgment and incisive analysis to Wallace's life and his contradictory beliefs, restoring a leading figure in the rise of\u003cbr\u003emodern science to his rightful place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Shermer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195148305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 941\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2002 pg. 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 1004\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2003 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Shermer\u003c\/strong\u003e is founding publisher and editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and is director of the Skeptics Society. He has authored several popular books on science, including \u003cem\u003eWhy People Believe Weird Things, How We Believe, Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do they\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSay It?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBorderlands of Science\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP). He lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40287221350515,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_44dc2030-355c-4ebf-9f87-c043007714d5.jpg?v=1658236149","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-darwins-shadow-the-life-and-science-of-alfred-russel-wallace-a-biographical-study-on-the-psychology-of-history-9780195148305","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}