Doğal Seçilim Yasasının Bulunuşu: Darwin ve Wallace’ın Yaklaşımlarındaki Farklar

Bu yazıda Darwin ve Wallace’ın biyolojiye yaklaşımlarındaki farklılıklar ele alınacak. Bu farklılıklara dayanarak, Wallace’ın Darwin’in gölgesinde kalmış bir bilim kahramanı olarak yorumlanamayacağı savunulacak.

The Discovery of the Law of Natural Selection: Differences in the Approaches of Darwin and Wallace

In this paper differences between Darwin’s and Wallace’s approaches to biology will be evaluated. Based on these differences it will be argued that Wallace cannot be considered as a hero of science overshadowed by Darwin.

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