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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2013
      June 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139381451
      9781108052832
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381451
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 558 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Science, Life Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, Darwin, General Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    Subjects:
    History of Science, Life Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, Darwin, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
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    First published in 1880, this study of the biology and geography of islands investigates some of the most pressing questions of nineteenth-century natural science. Why do countries as far-flung as Britain and Japan share similar flora and fauna when those of neighbouring islands in Malaysia are utterly unalike? What is the origin of life in New Zealand? And why do the geological formations of Scotland and Wales appear to be the result of glaciers when those countries lie in the temperate zone? Dismissing popular theories of submerged continents and 'special creation', Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) presents extensive evidence of the mass migration of species, and of drastic and repeated climatic changes across the globe. Drawing on a vast range of sources and the newest ocean soundings to support his theories, Wallace wrote the text for the intelligent general reader. It remains a fascinating introduction to the subject matter today.

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