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COMMEMORATIVE WALLACE PLAQUES FOR THE WORLD!
SMN CONFERENCE ON ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE - PODCASTS AND PHOTOS
On Saturday 22nd November 2008 the Scientific and Medical Network (http://www.scimednet.org/) organised a conference at the Linnean Society of London on the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace, in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary this year of Wallace's independent discovery of evolution by natural selection (see http://www.scimednet.org/conference_pages/08_Wallace_conference.htm).
TERNATE HONORS WALLACE
The following very interesting article was published in The Jakarta Post today (see http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20081212.H04&irec=4):
Ternate to build Wallace observatory
Andi Hajramurni and Tifa Asrianti, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South SulawesiWALLACE NEWS FROM INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE
Recent Wallace events in Indonesia
NEW BOOK ABOUT WALLACE IS PUBLISHED
WALLACE ARTICLE IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
An excellent feature article about Wallace has just been published in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine, which is now for sale in the shops (in the USA at least). "The Man Who Wasn't Darwin" has text by the acclaimed science writer David Quammen and images by Robert Clark, a much published National Geographic photographer. The text and a few of the images are available online here:- http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/wallace/quammen-text
WALLACE IMAGES TO BE DISPLAYED IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA
REMINDER: CONFERENCE ON WALLACE & WALLACEA
Just a reminder that there will be a four day conference on Wallace and the Wallacea in Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, from December 10 to 13 which is being organised by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences. For more information see their website http://www.indonesianacademy.org/ and my earlier blog post: http://wallacefund.info/conference-alfred-russel-wallace-wallacea-makassar-indonesia
NATURAL SELECTION AND BEYOND BOOK LAUNCHES