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Wilson aficionados, along with readers discovering his work for the first time, will find in this collection a world of beauty, complexity, and challenge.
Showcases the biologist's special talents for extrapolating global theories from arcane and detailed research... Enlightening and thought-provoking. Library Journal 2006 Nature Revealed demonstrates, again and again, Wilson's endless capacity to put scientific findings into a broader context and to bridge gaps between disciplines. Nature 2006 E.O. Wilson's many contributions to science can hardly be summarized in a newspaper column, but the highlights are well preserved in Nature Revealed. -- Whit Gibbons Aiken Standard 2006 This book captures the key elements in this gifted explorer's complex journey so far. Choice 2006 This book is a treasure trove of ideas... It always rewards. -- J. Stewart British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 2008 Lucid and eminently readable... a valuable primer for those interested in the history of science. Quarterly Review of Biology 2008
Edward O. Wilson is an entomologist and biologist known for his pioneering work on evolution and sociobiology, and is often referred to as the father of sociobiology and modern biodiversity studies. He has authored many books, including Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975), On Human Nature (winner of a 1979 Pulitzer Prize), The Ants (winner of a 1991 Pulitzer Prize), and Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998). He has received over one hundred awards, many of them international, in science and letters. He is the Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Showcases the biologist's special talents for extrapolating global theories from arcane and detailed research... Enlightening and thought-provoking. Library Journal 2006 Nature Revealed demonstrates, again and again, Wilson's endless capacity to put scientific findings into a broader context and to bridge gaps between disciplines. Nature 2006 E.O. Wilson's many contributions to science can hardly be summarized in a newspaper column, but the highlights are well preserved in Nature Revealed. -- Whit Gibbons Aiken Standard 2006 This book captures the key elements in this gifted explorer's complex journey so far. Choice 2006 This book is a treasure trove of ideas... It always rewards. -- J. Stewart British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 2008 Lucid and eminently readable... a valuable primer for those interested in the history of science. Quarterly Review of Biology 2008
Edward O. Wilson is an entomologist and biologist known for his pioneering work on evolution and sociobiology, and is often referred to as the father of sociobiology and modern biodiversity studies. He has authored many books, including Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975), On Human Nature (winner of a 1979 Pulitzer Prize), The Ants (winner of a 1991 Pulitzer Prize), and Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998). He has received over one hundred awards, many of them international, in science and letters. He is the Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.