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Today it is 112 years ago the world lost #AlfredRusselWallace. Read all about this remarkable naturalist in Jim Costa's biography Radical by Nature

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/11/01/book-review-radical-by-nature-the-revolutionary-life-of-alfred-russel-wallace

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Book review – Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Radical by Nature is an in-depth, intimate, and tremendously enjoyable biography of the long and remarkable life of Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.

The Inquisitive Biologist
Nov 7 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadSteampunk_ProfNov 7
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He's not lost, he's here in Dorset, in Broadstone Cemetery. 😁
Show threadrspNov 7
@inqbiol I have the book, but MAN is the font small!
Show threadDonald HobernNov 8

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I find it incredible to think about the natural world that Wallace saw. I often think about this passage from his The Malay Archipelago. Tigers were common enough in Singapore to kill people every day.