Biophilia

Häftad, Engelska, 1986

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Beskrivning

Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life—biophilia—is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living species.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1986-01-01
Mått:133 x 232 x 13 mm
Vikt:181 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674074422

Utforska kategorier

Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Edward O. Wilson was Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Recensioner i media

There’s more to this unbuttoned and intellectually playful book than its plea for a conservation of ethic and the preservation of animal species in all their diversity. We get, for example, several autobiographical glimpses into the background of Professor Wilson… We see Professor Wilson as a boy growing up in the Florida panhandle… Elsewhere he astonishes us with a description of the mating dance of the male Emperor of Germany bird of paradise, and the degree of genetic congruity between pygmy chimpanzees and Homo sapiens.

Innehållsförteckning

*1. Prologue *2. Bernhardsdorp *3. The Superoganism *4. The Time Machine *5. The Bird of Paradise *6. The Poetic Species *7. The Serpent *8. The Right Place *9. The Conservation Ethic *10. Surinam * Reading Notes * Acknowledgments