When Darwin was stumped for an answer why certain. This year we’ll be showing off some our favourite items from the Library: books, artworks, archives and artefacts that highlight the amazing diversity of our collections and our work. Photograph of Alfred Russel Wallace with illustrations of butterflies and insects in the background. Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist, explorer. This collection space is not usually open to the public, so it’s a very rare opportunity to have a peek inside. Alfred Wallace's butterfly is solved SeptemA living individual (Famegana nisa) in its natural habitat. We’ll be in the Earth Sciences Library in the Red Zone (the door is within the Lasting Impressions gallery). In his own time he was acknowledged as joint author, with Darwin, of the theory. Wallace argued that the Papilionidae were the most advanced butterflies, against some of his colleagues such as Bates and Trimen who had claimed that the. “The Courtship of Pisaura mirabilis” by Arthur Smith South Kensington (between 17.00 – 21.00) Only now is Alfred Russel Wallace beginning to get his long overdue recognition. And not just at the Museum in South Kensington but also at our sister Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire. Science Uncovered 2015 is rapidly approaching and, as usual, the Library and Archives team will be contributing to the night this Friday 25 September.
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