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Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson (1992, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674212983
ISBN-139780674212985
eBay Product ID (ePID)150503
Product Key Features
Book TitleDiversity of Life
Number of Pages440 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year1992
IllustratorYes, Wright, Amy Bartlett, Landry, Sarah
GenreNature, Science
AuthorEdward O. Wilson
Book SeriesQuestions of Science Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight32.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-009018
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsEdward O. Wilson...has laid and elegant and ingratiating literary style over a fundament of science to produce a book that will enlighten the uninformed, correct the misinformed and serve as a beacon of lucidity in the wilderness...Wilson takes us by the hand and leads us through the wilderness of diversity--explaining along the way how species evolve, adapt, specialize, colonize, hybridize, recreate new versions of themselves, radiate out to new locations, become new things in often symbiotic combination with other new things, then transmogrify themselves into something else and move on again to fill other niches, other combinations--a mad, wonderful saraband of complexity and cohabitation that Wilson conducts with eloquence, clarity, and wit., [Wilson's] passion for the beauty and mystery of nature, coupled with his adherence to scientific method and his unsurpassed professional standing, give the work the possibility of being the most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring., We need prophets to shake the souls and grab the attention of those who have eyes but see not. The Diversity of Life is a deft and thoroughly successful mixture of information and prophecy., One of the most engaging and interesting books that this reviewer has seen recently. Wilson, internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in this field, leads the reader through the often difficult subject of biodiversity., Edward Wilson reminds the jaded viewer that there really is a crisis, and that--just as in 1917--it is already almost too late to do anything about it. He gives a penetrating historical analysis of what went wrong and even has a New Economic Plan which might, just, pull us back from the brink...[This] book is a passionate defense of life's variety., The central message of Edward O. Wilson's stirring new book...is that Homo sapiens is in imminent danger of precipitating a biological disaster to rival anything in evolutionary history. Mr. Wilson...is the doyen of American biology. Two decades ago he popularized the term 'sociobiology,' and generated a small industry of speculation about the biological basis of human nature. In this book he stops asking what biology does to humans, and asks instead what we humans are doing to biology., Wilson's is still the best work we are ever likely to have on the tangled, ever-changing relationships that all species on the planet have with one another--and why the preservation of the same biological diversity that sparks our curiosity and enriches our spirit may also be the key to our survival.
Dewey Decimal333.95
Table Of ContentViolent Nature, Resilient Life Storm over the Amazon Krakatau The Great Extinctions Biodiversity Rising The Fundamental Unit New Species The Forces of Evolution Adaptive Radiation The Unexplored Biosphere The Creation of Ecosystems Biodiversity Reaches the Peak The Human Impact The Life and Death of Species Biodiversity Threatened Unmined Riches Resolution The Environmental Ethic Notes Glossary Acknowledgments Credits Index
SynopsisTraces the processes that produce new species, explains the importance of biodiversity, and recommends steps to help preserve diversity and improve the general quality of life.
LC Classification NumberQH313.W55 1992
