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
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MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
BY
ALFRED R. WALLACE
THIRD EDITION
LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL LIMITED 1904
PREFACE
CONTENTS
MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER I
EARLY IDEAS AS TO THE UNIVERSE AND ITS
RELATION TO MAN
CHAPTER II
MODERN IDEAS AS TO MAN'S RELATION TO THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER III
THE NEW ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER IV
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE STARS
CHAPTER V
DISTANCE OF THE STARS—THE SUN'S MOTION
THROUGH SPACE
CHAPTER VI
THE UNITY AND EVOLUTION OF THE STAR SYSTEM
CHAPTER VII
ARE THE STARS INFINITE IN NUMBER?
CHAPTER VIII
OUR RELATION TO THE MILKY WAY
CHAPTER IX
THE UNIFORMITY OF MATTER AND ITS LAWS THROUGHOUT
THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
CHAPTER X
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF THE LIVING ORGANISM
CHAPTER XI
THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL FOR
ORGANIC LIFE
CHAPTER XII
THE EARTH IN ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT
AND MAINTENANCE OF LIFE
CHAPTER XIII
THE EARTH IN RELATION TO LIFE: ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS
CHAPTER XIV
THE EARTH IS THE ONLY HABITABLE PLANET IN
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
CHAPTER XV
THE STARS—HAVE THEY PLANETARY SYSTEMS?
ARE THEY BENEFICIAL TO US?
CHAPTER XVI
STABILITY OF THE STAR-SYSTEM: IMPORTANCE OF OUR
CENTRAL POSITION: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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