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Every Species is a Masterpiece
Häftad, 2021
64 kr
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In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Every Species is a Masterpiece brings together some of Edward O. Wilson's most profound and significant writings on the rich diversity of life on Earth, our place in it, and our obligation to conserve the planet's …
Biophilia
Häftad, 1986
311 kr
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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.
Half-Earth
Our Planet's Fight for Life
Häftad, 2017
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
173 kr
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History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has …
Naturalist
A Graphic Adaptation
Av Edward O Wilson, Jim Ottaviani
Inbunden, 2020
271 kr
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A vibrant graphic adaptation of the classic science memoirRegarded as one of the world's preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants--the latter to become his lifelong …
Social Conquest of Earth
Häftad, 2013
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
223 kr
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Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to …
Journey to the Ants
A Story of Scientific Exploration
Av Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson
Häftad, 1998
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
289 kr
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Richly illustrated and delightfully written, Journey to the Ants combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of ants, building, from the …
Ants
Av Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson
Inbunden, 1990
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
1577 kr
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This landmark work, the distillation of a lifetime of research by the world’s leading myrmecologists, is a thoroughgoing survey of one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson review in exhaustive detail virtually all topics in the …
Consilience
The Unity of Knowledge
Häftad, 1999
147 kr
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In this groundbreaking new book, one of the world's greatest living scientists argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for what he calls consilience, the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. Edward O Wilson, the pioneer of sociobiology …
Genesis
The Deep Origin of Societies
Häftad, 2020
120 kr
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An “endlessly fascinating” (Michael Ruse) work of scientific thought and synthesis, Genesis is Edward O. Wilson’s twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution. Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and that …
Letters to a Young Scientist
Häftad, 2014
188 kr
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Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that …
Genesis
The Deep Origin of Societies
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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'With Genesis, Wilson inspires awe ... His message is that selection has shaped a society that is characterized by cooperation and division of labour' NatureOf all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In …
Diversity of Life
Häftad, 2001
155 kr
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"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the …
Diversity of Life
E-bok, 2001
125 kr
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"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the …
Origins of Creativity
Häftad, 2018
151 kr
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'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations' Ian McEwan'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey SachsThe 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 …
Every Species is a Masterpiece
E-bok, 2021
57 kr
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In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Every Species is a Masterpiece brings together some of Edward O. Wilson's most profound and significant writings on the rich diversity of life on Earth, our place in it, and our obligation to conserve the planet's …
Darwin's Bridge
Uniting the Humanities and Sciences
Av Joseph Carroll, Joseph Carroll m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1347 kr
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Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences explores the meaning of consilience and considers the unity of human evolution, human nature, social dynamics, art, and narrative. The term "consilience" in its modern usage was first established by co-editor Edward O. Wilson in his 1998 book, …
Darwin's Bridge
Uniting the Humanities and Sciences
Av Edward O. Wilson, Dan P. McAdams m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
679 kr
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In its modern usage, the term "consilience" was first established by Edward O. Wilson in his 1998 book, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge . Wilson''s original thesis contained two parts: that nature forms a unitary order of causal forces, hierarchically organized, and that scientific knowledge, …
Origins of Creativity
E-bok, 2017
108 kr
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'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations' Ian McEwan'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey SachsThe 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 …
Genesis
The Deep Origin of Societies
E-bok, 2019
96 kr
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Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In Genesis, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual reproduction to the …
Future Of Life
Häftad, 2003
146 kr
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Our world is far richer than previously conceived, yet so ravaged by human activity that half its species could be gone by the end of the present century. These two contrasting themes--unexpected magnificence and underestimated peril--have originated during the past two decades of research. In this …
Future of Life
E-bok, 2002
189 kr
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One of the world’s most important scientists, Edward O. Wilson is also an abundantly talented writer who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. In this, his most personal and timely book to date, he assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time …
From So Simple a Beginning
Darwin's Four Great Books
Av Charles Darwin, Edward O. Wilson
Inbunden, 2005
575 kr
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Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin—Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)—been collected under one cover. Undertaking this challenging endeavor 123 years after …
Creation
An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
Häftad, 2007
149 kr
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Called “one of the greatest men alive” by The Times of London, E. O. Wilson proposes an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth’s rapidly vanishing biodiversity.
Leafcutter Ants
Civilization by Instinct
Av Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson
Häftad, 2010
207 kr
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The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as …
Anthill
A Novel
Häftad, 2011
182 kr
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Winner of the 2010 Heartland Prize, Anthill follows the thrilling adventures of a modern-day Huck Finn, enthralled with the "strange, beautiful, and elegant" world of his native Nokobee County. But as developers begin to threaten the endangered marshlands around which he lives, the book’s hero …
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
Häftad, 2000
551 kr
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When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, …
Pheidole in the New World
A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus
2003
2043 kr
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View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities"Species of the genus Pheidole are the most abundant and diverse ants of the New World and range from the northern United States to Argentina. In this richly illustrated book, Edward O. Wilson …
On Human Nature
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
Häftad, 2004
290 kr
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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 uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the …
