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The Birds of Paradise

The Birds of Paradise

The Birds of Paradise

William Bryant

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2006
Materia
Biografía: ciencia, tecnología y medicina
ISBN:
9780595380411
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A biography of one of the world’s great naturalists, with details of his explorations on the Amazon and in the Malay Archipelago. Wallace’s hidden sexual life, the world of Victorian science and gay sexuality, and the struggles of a great thinker to survive in a hostile social environment are described in lavish detail.

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