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Edward O. Wilson
In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the…
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From preeminent scientist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wilson comes his most important book to date–a thoroughly documented assessment of the dismal state of our biosphere and a vision for…
The world’s greatest naturalist (Jeffrey Sachs) proposes a plan to save Earth’s imperiled biosphere.
Edward O. Wilson,Robert Hass
A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences
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Explores topics as diverse as slavery in ants, the genetic basis of societal structure, the discovery of the taxon cycle, the original formulation of the theory of island biology, a…
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Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis
Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one…
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Edward O Wilson
The 25th Anniversary Edition of the classic memoir celebrates the human side of science.
Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation, and points…
An eloquent exploration of creativity, The Origins of Creativity grapples with the question of how this uniquely human expression - so central to our identity as individuals and, collectively, as…
From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson’s legendary career.
In his new Preface E.O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious…
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An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries.
Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond…
The legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date
‘Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,’ begins…
This book shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature.
Species of the genus Pheidole are the most abundant and diverse ants of the New World and range from the northern US to Argentina. In this text, Edward O. Wilson…
The eminent biologist reflects on his own response to nature and the aesthetic aspects of his exploration of natural systems in an intensely personal essay that examines the essential links…
Wilson’s monumental work on the biological basis of social behavior in all species from amoeba colonies to human societies has been trimmed to its essential argument and most compelling examples.
Brian Baxter
Examines the connection between Darwinist perspective on human beings and environmental ethics, which assumes that human beings are part of an evolved living world. In this book, the positions in…
A major work of environmental and behavioral biology, this book reinterprets the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects-ants, social wasps and bees, and termites-through the…
Bert Hoelldobler,Edward O. Wilson
Sie erfahren von der Artenvielfalt, von typischen Verhaltensweisen, von der effektiven Zusammenarbeit und den Verstandigungsmoeglichkeiten innerhalb der Kolonien und von den perfekt geplanten kampferischen Auseinandersetzungen mit anderen Voelkern.
Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University)
Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, one shorn of religious and political dogma, Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis.
The book bursts to life with [Wilson’s] observations of nature, from fire ants and social spiders to starlings. -Aarathi Prasad, New York Times Book Review
How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we…
Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Wilson threads these…
New York Times Bestseller From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson’s legendary career.
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Challenging a purely mechanistic view of human existence, Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species.
Brimming with ideas… . The Origins of Creativity approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out. -Economist
Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest.
In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer. -Economist
E. O. Wilson
Proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth’s vanishing biodiversity. This book is written in the form of a letter to a Southern Baptist Minister with personal anecdotes…
The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist delivers an astonishing literary achievement (Anthony Gottlieb, The Economist).
Professor Edward O. Wilson
A book that proposes the notion of ‘consilience’ - the combination of science with the humanities, to form a unity of all knowledge.
A call for quick and decisive action to save the Earth’s rich biological heritage.
Edward O. Wilson,David Quammen
A landmark collected edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist, illuminating the marvels of biodiversity in a time of climate crisis and mass extinction.
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Edward O., Wilson
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A study of ants, which make up nearly 15 per cent of the entire terrestrial animal biomass. It discusses their highly organixed and complex social system, their caste system, the…
Loyal Rue
This exhilarating tale of natural history illuminates the evolution of matter, life, and consciousness. In Everybody’s Story, Loyal Rue finds the means for global solidarity and cooperation in the shared…
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Piotr Naskrecki
Encounter some of the most beautiful creatures in Costa Rica in Piotr Naskrecki’s Hidden Kingdom. This book is a visual journey into the world of the insects and their relatives…
Edward O. Wilson,Alex Harris
From this historic collaboration between a beloved naturalist and a great American photographer emerges a South we ve never encountered before.
Charles Darwin
Hailed as superior by Nature, this landmark volume is available in a collectible, boxed edition.
Thomas Eisner
Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodies-and you will…
This landmark work is a thoroughgoing survey of one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Hoelldobler and Wilson review in exhaustive detail virtually all…
Bert Hoelldobler,Edward O. Wilson,Bert Hoelldobler
Journey to the Ants combines autobiography and scientific lore to what study of ants can offer. Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of…
