Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021) was the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Conquest of Nature. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson was a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lived with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.
"Brimming with ideas . . . . The Origins of Creativity approache[s]
creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots
without pulling them out."
*Economist*
"As always, Wilson tosses off astonishing insights with charming
ease (he’s a master of the lyrically short sentence). These
profoundly humane meditations on nature, creativity, and our primal
yearnings will delight his longtime fans and provide newcomers with
the perfect introduction to the career and ideas of one of our most
distinguished living scientists—whose high school nickname, I was
enchanted to learn, was 'Snake Wilson.'"
*Jim Holt, author of Why Does the World Exist?*
"From our senior statesman of science comes this fascinating,
eloquent, and important reflection on the vital kinship between the
humanities and the sciences, the well of creativity fueling them
both, and our need as a species to combine their truths to deal
with today’s demanding problems. It’s a message that couldn’t be
more timely."
*Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper’s Wife*
"Professor Wilson has managed to stay interesting and provocative
decade after decade, and this latest volume is no exception. It
will make you think long and hard and fruitfully!"
*Bill McKibben, author Radio Free Vermont*
"Within The Origins of Creativity, E.O. Wilson returns to his most
fertile—and most controversial—ideas: the role of biology within
human behavior. Always forging ahead, he considers our most
abstract behaviors: the apprehension of beauty and our yearning to
recreate it. The grand result is a wholly new take on how even our
most monumental ideas trace their origins to the organic expression
of our human biology."
*Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl*
"With his trademark boundless intellect and elegant writing, Wilson
argues that we need both the sciences and the humanities in order
to understand the deep origins of what makes us human."
*Alan Lightman, physicist, novelist, and professor of the practice
of the humanities at MIT*
"Wilson makes a case for blending an understanding of the sciences
into the humanities in his latest work, raising provocative
questions in the process."
*Publisher's Weekly*
"Luminous. . . . A concise, thoughtful exploration of how human
understanding will be enhanced by ‘a humanistic science and a
scientific humanities.'"
*Kirkus Reviews*
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