Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace by Dr. Charles H. Smith (2008)

Dr. Charles H. Smith, Western Kentucky University Libraries’ Science Librarian and Professor of Library Public Services, recently gave a presentation on British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace at The Linnean Society of London — the world’s oldest active biological society. The conference celebrated the double occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first presentation of the theory of natural selection in 1858, and the upcoming publication of Dr. Smith’s Oxford University Press book on Wallace titled “Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace.”

Considered a leading expert on one of history’s most influential biology figures, Dr. Smith has reconstructed Wallace’s published bibliography and philosophy including making more than 500 of his publications accessible in full-text on the Internet. This work also has led to nine published papers and three book projects over the past several years. www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm.

Title: Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

Author: Charles H. Smith and George Beccaloni

Publisher: Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2008