ISBN10: 067976867X, ISBN13: 9780679768678, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientistsand the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Antsgives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities.Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman. An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ...
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ISBN10: 067976867X, ISBN13: 9780679768678, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientistsand the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Antsgives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities.Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman. An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock ...
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