New York Alfred A. Knopf 1998 First Edition [stated], presumed first printing Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket [10], 332, [8] pages. Notes. Index. Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929), usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, theorist, naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he has been called the world's leading expert. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity", for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Among his greatest contributions to ecological theory is the theory of island biogeography, which he developed in collaboration with the mathematical ecologist Robert MacArthur, which was the foundation of the development of conservation area design, as well as the unified neutral theory of biodiversity of Stephen Hubbell. Wilson is the Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Derived from a Kirkus review: Wilson expands his agenda to the whole of human learning and behavior. All, in both the realms of art and science, can be reduced to a common set of unifying principles, or consilience. All can be subsumed under the basic laws of physics and their offspring in chemistry and biology. Wilson's arguments on achieving consilience in the humanities will no doubt rile many of ...

ISBN10: 0679450777, ISBN13: 9780679450771, [publisher: Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 6 x 9, 332 pgs. Biologist Wilson argues that the universe is organized -- as the Greeks first theorized, and as the Enlightenment sought to demonstrate -- in terms of a small number of natural laws.
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New York: Knopf, Date: 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 332 pgs. Biologist Wilson argues that the universe is organized -- as the Greeks first theorized, and as the Enlightenment sought to demonstrate -- in terms of a small number of natural laws. 1998. Knopf ISBN 0679450777 9780679450771 [US]

Alfred A. Knopf 1998 Hardcover Good Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Alfred A. Knopf 1998 Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Alfred A. Knopf 1998 Hardcover Good Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Alfred A. Knopf 1998-03-17 Hardcover Like New Size: 9x6x1; Dust jacket has some wear. In mylar protective cover.

New York, NY, U.S.A. David McKay Company, Incorporated 1998 Soft Cover Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Wilson pleads passionately and persuasively that if we are to save our common home, we must seek not only common ground, but a common system of knowledge." One corner bent on front wrap. Spine is unbent. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is tight.

Alfred a Knopf Inc 1998 Hardcover Very Good Bump back board top edge.

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