Man's Place In The Universe
by Alfred Russel Wallace
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
- Title
- Man's Place in the Universe A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds, 3rd Edition
- Credits
- Produced by Charlene Taylor, Mark Young and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Plurality of worlds
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39928
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39928
- Release Date
- June 6, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE — BY
- 2.ALFRED R. WALLACE — THIRD EDITION — LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL LIMITED 1904
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
- 6.CHAPTER I — EARLY IDEAS AS TO THE UNIVERSE AND ITS — RELATION TO MAN
- 7.CHAPTER II — MODERN IDEAS AS TO MAN'S RELATION TO THE UNIVERSE
- 8.CHAPTER III — THE NEW ASTRONOMY
- 9.CHAPTER IV — THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE STARS
- 10.CHAPTER V — DISTANCE OF THE STARS—THE SUN'S MOTION — THROUGH SPACE
- 11.CHAPTER VI — THE UNITY AND EVOLUTION OF THE STAR SYSTEM
- 12.CHAPTER VII — ARE THE STARS INFINITE IN NUMBER?
- 13.CHAPTER VIII — OUR RELATION TO THE MILKY WAY
- 14.CHAPTER IX — THE UNIFORMITY OF MATTER AND ITS LAWS THROUGHOUT — THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- 15.CHAPTER X — THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF THE LIVING ORGANISM
- 16.CHAPTER XI — THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL FOR — ORGANIC LIFE
- 17.CHAPTER XII — THE EARTH IN ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT — AND MAINTENANCE OF LIFE
- 18.CHAPTER XIII — THE EARTH IN RELATION TO LIFE: ATMOSPHERIC — CONDITIONS
- 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE EARTH IS THE ONLY HABITABLE PLANET IN — THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- 20.CHAPTER XV — THE STARS—HAVE THEY PLANETARY SYSTEMS? — ARE THEY BENEFICIAL TO US?
- 21.CHAPTER XVI — STABILITY OF THE STAR-SYSTEM: IMPORTANCE OF OUR — CENTRAL POSITION: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- 22.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
- 23.WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
- 24.Transcriber's Notes
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