Edward O. Wilson

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson. In this book, Wilson discusses methods that have been used to unite the sciences and might in the future unite them with the humanities. Wilson prefers and uses the term consilience to describe the synthesis of knowledge from different …

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 and the natural …

On Human Nature é um livro de 1979, vencedor do Prémio Pulitzer, escrito pelo biólogo da Universidade de Harvard, Edward Osborne Wilson. A obra tenta explicar como diferentes características dos humanos e das sociedades humanas podem ser explicadas do ponto de vista da evolução. Wilson afronta velhos preconceitos e …

Naturalist is an autobiography by naturalist, entomologist, and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson first published in 1994 by Island Press. In it he writes on his childhood and the beginnings of his interest in biology, on his work in entomology and myrmecology, on his work with biogeography, and on several of his …