The heretic in Darwin's court - The life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Two men, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, independently invented the notion of evolution by natural selection, which ranks as one of the most significant scientific discoveries of all time. Yet while almost everyone today has heard of Darwin, Wallace's name is little known except to specialists. In this highly readable and thoroughly researched biography, Ross A. Slotten elegantly explains why this is so, and why the unsung Wallace continues to merit our admiration as one of the nineteenth century's most insightful scientists-and remarkable human beings.