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SUMMARY:Science and Society | Radical by Nature: A Scientific Revolutionary
DESCRIPTION:Online\n\n \n\nAlfred Russel Wallace\, a self-taught scientist 
 from relatively humble origins\, became one of the most famed naturalists 
 of the Victorian age. A contemporary of Charles Darwin\, he shared in the 
 discovery of natural selection--the key to the concept of evolution--and he 
 made major contributions to natural history\, geology\, anthropology\, 
 climatology\, biogeography\, and many other fields. An intrepid collector 
 whose expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of 
 legend\, he was also a humanitarian and an advocate for women’s rights 
 and labor reforms—and he was a devotee of spiritualism. Join us for a 
 talk by James T. Costa\, whose new book\, Radical by Nature: The 
 Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace\, tells the compelling story of 
 this complex and remarkable scientist who helped shape our understanding of 
 the world we live in.\n\nDr. Costa is professor of biology and Executive 
 Director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina 
 University.  He is an evolutionary biologist\, entomologist\, and Darwin 
 and Wallace scholar who has lectured widely in the United States and 
 Europe.  He is the author of numerous scientific publications\, magazine 
 articles\, and nine books\, including Radical by Nature\, Darwin and the 
 Art of Botany\, and an annotated edition of Darwin’s masterwork\, On the 
 Origin of Species.\n\nWe invite you to support the author by purchasing a 
 copy of their book from Browseabout Books by clicking HERE. Call-in orders 
 are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to purchase a 
 copy. For store hours\, please visit their website.\n\nThe library's 
 “Science and Society - Making Sense of the World Around Us” lecture 
 series is co-organized and moderated by Fred Dylla\, Executive Director 
 Emeritus of the American Institute of Physics and author of Scientific 
 Journeys\, Linda Dylla\, former public information officer at the Jefferson 
 Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy\, and Colin Norman\, the 
 former News Editor at Science.\n\n\nNOTE: this meeting is being conducted 
 through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the 
 meeting. \n\nIf you need assistance with registration or getting your Zoom 
 invitation\, please email us.\n\nBasic written instructions for using Zoom 
 may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found here. Closed 
 captioning is available for all our sessions. Information on enabling 
 closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.
LOCATION:Lewes Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
CATEGORIES:STREAM
CONTACT;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
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URL:https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/11921103
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