books by Edward O. Wilson     books:     Edward O. Wilson      Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge Edward Osborne Wilson Vintage, 1999 Very Enlightening Allows those who are layman in the hard sciences to connect new methodologies to their chosen fields.             The Future of Life Edward O. Wilson Vintage, 2003 We are drawn to the natural world--but why? This remarkable volume is one of a series of books in which Wilson sets forth the nature of life on earth, the preciousness of biodiversity and the significance of its loss to the planet. He also tries to suggest value systems and pathways for humanity to surmount its ...             The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson W. W. Norton, 2008 The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume. The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, this new volume expands our knowledge of the ...             Silent Spring (Edition 001) Rachel Carson Mariner Books, 2002 Landmark book. Very important work by a very important figure in history, get it, read it, pass it on.             Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition Edward O. Wilson Belknap Press, 2000 The Tests of Time Dr. Wilson's "Sociobiology," together with "The Insect Societies" and "On Human Nature" (that three volume set is essential to any thinking man's library) is sufficient to challenge and focus any perspective on Evolution and Society. These volumes, even after 30 yrs., ...             Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson Belknap Press, 1998 Truly a fascinating adventure to another world Journey to the Ants is a shorter version of the authors' monumental The Ants (1990), a 732-page tome aimed at professional biologists with a lot of technical language and a clear encyclopedic intent. This book, as Holldobler and Wilson explain in the Preface, is of "a ...             Evolution: The First Four Billion Years Belknap Press, 2009 Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, Evolution opens with a series of major essays dealing ...             From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, The ... Charles Darwin W. W. Norton, 2005 Fabolous This book is excellent! It has all of the four greatest works by Darwin, all facsimile editions (exact original) and written by Wilson, a great evolutionary biologist. If you are looking to read some of Darwin's books, here is the place to do it. It also features ...             On Human Nature Edward O. Wilson Harvard University Press, 2004 Evolutionary determinism In 1975 Wilson published 'Sociobiology' which proposed the idea that social structures in the animal kingdom could be explained by biological evolution. The last chapter in that book dealt with humans and created a wave of praise and critic. Many detractors, including ...             The Ants Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson Belknap Press, 1990 Outstanding achievement This book is truly remarkable. Written in the cool, precise, and accessible language of a traditional biological monograph, the text presents a comprehensive understanding of myrmecology. It is difficult to imagine a relevant topic which is not touched upon in the ...             The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule Donald W. Pfaff Dana Press, 2007 An excellent survey, this is especially recommended for libraries strong in business, science, or health. THE NEUROSCIENCE OF FAIR PLAY: WHY WE (USUALLY) FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE offers a key to understanding behavior, based not on moral theory but neuroscience. The ethics governing everyday living have direct connections to brain circuitry, and Dr. Pfaff draws some ...             The Diversity of Life Edward O. Wilson W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 A Good Introduction to the Tapestry Of Life This is a very eye-opening book which shows how important the diversity of life forms is to all of us. It demonstrates how even when we think we are conserving nature by setting aside small areas to remain undeveloped, we are still dooming many species of life to ...             The Theory of Island Biogeography (Princeton Landmarks in Biology) Robert H. MacArthur, Edward O. Wilson Princeton University Press, 2001 Reprint of MacArthur's and Wilson's Seminal Ecological Tome Originally published as part of the Princeton University Press' Monographs in Population Biology series, Robert MacArthur's and Edward O. Wilson's "Theory Of Island Biogeography" is regarded by many as the most influential tome in theoretical ecology published in the ...             Sociobiology: The Abridged Edition Edward O. Wilson Belknap Press, 1980 Impressive Wilson really is one of the "twentieth centuries greatest thinkers." This is a dense and demanding publication requiring a scientifically literate audience. It covers basic concepts from altruism, selfishness, and spite; including communication, aggression, social ...             The Biophilia Hypothesis (A Shearwater book) Island Press, 1995 Wonderful reading This was recommended by a scientist-science teacher-friend and I was simply blown away by the implications. If this theory is correct, then it explains the human descent into madness brought on by increased development without thought.          products you might be interested in search for books biogeography, exploration, neuroscience, sociobiology, superorganism, twenty-fifth      toavi.com    web we recommend Very Enlightening randomly chosen book: A Kid's Summer EcoJournal: With Nature Activities for Exploring the Season