“…A-t-elle été la stratège militaire que la chronique a retenue ? Est-elle morte telle l'image de la sainteté que l'Église a fini par consacrer ? …”

“…Le projet d’aménagement et de réhabilitation immobilière de la colline Saint-Charles à Marseille, conduit par l’établissement public Euro­mé­diterranée, a donné lieu à une série de fouilles préventives menées par l’Inrap et la Ville de Marseille de 2002 à 2008. …”

“…Hecht blends her wide-ranging historical expertise, passionate admiration of the great doubters, and poet's sensibility to tell a stimulating story that is part intellectual history and part showcase of ordinary people asking themselves the difficult questions that confront us all. …”

“…A collector of thousands of species new to science, he shared in the discovery of natural selection and founded the discipline of evolutionary biogeography.Radical by Nature tells the story of Wallace's epic life and achievements, from his stellar rise from humble origins, to his complicated friendship with Charles Darwin and the leading scientific lights of Britain, to his devotion to social causes and movements that threatened to alienate him from scientific society.James Costa draws on letters, notebooks, and journals to provide a multifaceted account of a revolutionary life in science as well as Wallace's family life. …”