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E. O. Wilson: Biophilia, The Diversity of Life, Naturalist (LOA #340) (Library of America) Hardcover – Illustrated, March 23, 2021

by Edward O. Wilson (Author), David Quammen (Editor)
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A landmark collected edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist, illuminating the marvels of biodiversity in a time of climate crisis and mass extinction.

Library of America presents three environmental classics from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E. O. Wilson, a masterful writer-scientist whose graceful prose is equal to his groundbreaking discoveries. These books illuminate the evolution and complex beauty of our imperiled ecosystems and the flora, fauna, and civilization they sustain, even as they reveal the personal evolution of one of the greatest scientific minds of our age. Here are the lyrical, thought-provoking essays of Biophilia, a field biologist's reflections on the manifold meanings of wilderness. Here too is his magisterial, dazzlingly informative Diversity of Life: a sweeping tour of global biodiversity and a prophetic call to preserve the planet, filled on every page with little-known creatures, unique habitats, and fascinating ecological detail. Also included is Wilson's moving autobiography, Naturalist. Following him from his outdoor boyhood in Alabama and the Florida panhandle to the rainforests of Surinam and New Guinea--from his first discoveries as a young ant specialist to his emergence as a champion of conservation and rewilding--it rounds out a collection that will inspire wonder, curiosity, and love for a natural world now rapidly disappearing. Thirty-two pages of photographs and numerous illustrations accompany these works, which are introduced by David Quammen, one of America's leading science and nature writers.
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    1150 pages
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    March 23, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    5.15 x 1.26 x 8.13 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1598536796
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1598536799
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"This new addition to the still expanding Library of America series (his is volume #340) presents not only the 'essential Wilson,' if you will, but also a superb introduction to some of the most significant discoveries and concepts in modern natural history—all presented in Prof. Wilson’s delightfully learned yet invitingly down-to-earth prose." —The Well-read Naturalist

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One of the world's preeminent natural scientists, Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021) grew up in south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, where he spent his boyhood exploring the region's forests and swamps, collecting snakes, butterflies, and ants--the latter to become his lifelong specialty. The author of more than twenty books, including the Pulitzer Prize winners On Human Nature (1979) and The Ants (1991), Wilson was a professor at Harvard University for more than forty years. In retirement he established the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, which advances the "Half-Earth Project," Wilson's vision for a healed world of restored wilderness.

David Quammen, one of America's leading science and nature writers, is the author of more than a dozen books including The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction (1996), Spillover: Animal Infection and the Next Human Pandemic (2012), and The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life (2018). He lives in Bozeman, Montana.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of America; Illustrated edition (March 23, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1150 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598536796
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598536799
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.15 x 1.26 x 8.13 inches
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 86 ratings

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Richard J Katz
5.0 out of 5 stars Biophilia
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
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Library of America has always produced well edited volumes of exceptional quality. E O Wilson was one of the great founding experimental naturalists of the last century and these three works are an excellent introduction to his life and approach. They are not overly technical and he knows how to write for a popular audience.
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EdB
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a treasure.
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021
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This volume contains several books written by E.O. Wilson, which I have enjoyed reading over a period of two decades. Glad to have some of my favorite works assembled into one volume. Wilson's biography of how and why he became a biologist titled "The Naturalist", is worth the price of the book alone. Buy the book and you will come back to reading it again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Details
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2022
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Good analyses
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dedicated belonging!
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
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Need to know? This is it !
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5.0 out of 5 stars TOC?
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2021
Like to see a table of contents or look inside
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Vince
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read.
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2022
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Great read by a visionary thinker. RIP.
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Marco Ferrari
5.0 out of 5 stars Volume storico
Reviewed in Italy on May 20, 2021
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Niente che non si sapesse, ma la raccolta di tre libri del grande evoluzionista Edward Wilson è un'ottima occasione per riscoprire il suo pensiero e l'evoluzione della scienza biologica negli ultimi decenni.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, quite technical
Reviewed in Singapore on March 6, 2023
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This book is labelled as "intended for a general audience", however it gets comparatively technical at some parts of the book - especially the essays collected in Biophilia. For example, when Wilson elaborates, in a jargonised manner, on the transmission of nerve impulses in Agassiz , or when he uses scientific mumbo-jumbo without explaining the terms. Still, it is a very entertaining and suberp work about nature and the environment. It is an insightful book to the life of on our mother earth, Gaia. This book has a substantial amount of drawings and photographs, which I find pleasant and helpful in understanding the text.

The quality of the book is perfect, as expected from the Library of America, but the paper used for this publication can be thicker - diagrams are bleeding through quite a lot.
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