Resumen de A very rare specimen
Here, Pain argues a hundred years after the death of Alfred Russel Wallace, it is time to put him in his proper place--as Charles Darwin's evolutionary equal. She says her admiration, and that of so many biologists, ecologists and natural history enthusiasts, is easy to explain. Wallace was a self-taught naturalist, who despite lacking the usual advantages of the Victorian gentleman scientist became one of the most revered men of his age. He had little formal education, no family wealth to draw on and no friends in high scientific places. But he did have passion, perception, and the resourcefulness and resilience to survive 12 years in the remote and dangerous tropics.
