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Science 5 November 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5698, p. 980
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105547
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HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Reading Between the Lines

A review by Charlotte Sleigh

An Elusive Victorian The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace
by Martin Fichman
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2004. 392 pp. $40, £28. ISBN 0-226-24613-2.

Through an exploration of key themes, the author interprets Wallace's work as an attempt to integrate his scientific and humanistic interests in a unified vision of humanity's place in nature.
The reviewer is at the Centre for History and Cultural Studies of Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NX, UK. E-mail: c.l.sleigh{at}kent.ac.uk

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