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Biophilia
Edward O. Wilson
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Description for Biophilia
paperback. The eminent biologist reflects on his own response to nature and the aesthetic aspects of his exploration of natural systems in an intensely personal essay that examines the essential links between mankind and the rest of the living world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674074422
SKU
V9780674074422
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99-21
About Edward O. Wilson
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.
Reviews for Biophilia
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 ... Read more