Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021)
Auteur van Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Over de Auteur
He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1929. He is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor & Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He is on the Board of Directors of the Nature Conservancy, Conservation International & the American Museum of toon meer Natural History. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Edward O. Wilson
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (2005) — Redacteur; Introductie — 462 exemplaren
Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World (2010) 38 exemplaren
Visual Culture and Evolution: An Online Symposium, Issues in Cultural Theory No. 16 (2012) 3 exemplaren
Le società degli insetti, 2 2 exemplaren
A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Lasius 2 exemplaren
Le società degli insetti, 1 2 exemplaren
Great Science Museums: Birth of an Entomologist 1 exemplaar
The Secret Duchess 1 exemplaar
Trailhead 1 exemplaar
In Search of the Big Bang 1 exemplaar
Rain Forest Canopy: The High Frontier 1 exemplaar
Microcosm 1 exemplaar
The Universe 1 exemplaar
Dialogues of the Dead 1 exemplaar
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The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (2005) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 77 exemplaren
The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America (1999) — Voorwoord — 76 exemplaren
Genetics of Original Sin: The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity (2009) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 21 exemplaren
Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity (2000) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 17 exemplaren
Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation (2012) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 14 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Wilson, Edward Osborne
- Geboortedatum
- 1929-06-10
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2021-12-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- University of Alabama (BS|MS|1950)
Harvard University (PhD|1955) - Beroepen
- professor
- Relaties
- Pinker, Steven (student)
Farish, Donald J. (student) - Organisaties
- Museum of Comparative Zoology
International Academy of Humanism
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Harvard University (Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Medal of Science (1976)
Richard M. Weaver Award (1989)
Crafoord Prize (1990)
Humanist of the Year (1999)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2000)
Kistler Prize (2000) (toon alle 8)
TED Prize (2007)
Kew International Medal (2014) - Agent
- John Taylor Williams
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GROUP READ: The Social Conquest of Earth (main thread) in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (januari 2013)
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- ISBNs
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Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while “overturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover magazine). Refashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. He proves that history makes no sense without prehistory, and prehistory makes no sense without biology. Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, Wilson presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth’s biosphere.… (meer)