Summary of Tom Wolfe's The Kingdom of Speech

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#1 The most fundamental questions about the origins and evolution of our linguistic capacity remain as mysterious as ever. Scientists have been trying to answer them for decades, but have come up with nothing.

#2 The author’s grandfather, Alfred Wallace, was a British naturalist who suffered from the Genghis ague, or malaria, in 1858. He came up with the solution to the mystery of mysteries: how evolution works. As generations go by, a breed has to adapt to many changing conditions and threats in order to survive.

#3 The idea that all the different species of plants and animals today had evolved from earlier ones was first introduced in a bestselling book in 1844 called Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. It was a complete cosmology of the creation of earth and solar system and plant and animal life.

#4 Wallace’s discovery was sent to a group of distinguished British gentlemen, who were friends of Charles Darwin’s. The year 1858 was the crest of the high Victorian tide of the British Empire’s dominion over palm and pine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822507395

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Insights on Tom Wolfe's The Kingdom of Speech

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The most fundamental questions about the origins and evolution of our linguistic capacity remain as mysterious as ever. Scientists have been trying to answer them for decades, but have come up with nothing.

#2

The author’s grandfather, Alfred Wallace, was a British naturalist who suffered from the Genghis ague, or malaria, in 1858. He came up with the solution to the mystery of mysteries: how evolution works. As generations go by, a breed has to adapt to many changing conditions and threats in order to survive.

#3

The idea that all the different species of plants and animals today had evolved from earlier ones was first introduced in a bestselling book in 1844 called Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. It was a complete cosmology