Nature Revealed - Selected Writings, 1949-2006

Informationen zum Autor 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), Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998) and Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World (2010). 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. Klappentext Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson is one of the leading biologists and philosophical thinkers of our time. In this compelling collection, Wilson's observations range from the tiny glands of ants to the nature of the living universe. Many of the pieces are considered landmarks in evolutionary biology, ecology, and behavioral biology. Zusammenfassung Wilson aficionados! along with readers discovering his work for the first time! will find in this collection a world of beauty! complexity! and challenge.

Product details

• Authors: Edward O. Wilson, Edward O. (Pellegrino University Professor Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.2006
• EAN: 9780801883293
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8329-3
• No. of pages: 736
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, natural history, Nature and the natural world: general interest