List of Endangered and Extinct Species and Races
Prologue: A Letter to Thoreau
Chapter One: TO THE ENDS OF EARTH
Chapter Two: THE BOTTLENECK
Chapter Three: NATURE’S LAST STAND
Chapter Four: THE PLANETARY KILLER
Chapter Five: HOW MUCH IS THE BIOSPHERE WORTH?
Chapter Six: FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE
Chapter Seven: THE SOLUTION
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
EDWARD O. WILSON was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1929. He is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, On Human Nature (1978) and The Ants (1990, with Bert Hölldobler), as well as many other groundbreaking works, including Consilience, Naturalist, and Sociobiology. A recipient of many of the world’s leading prizes in science and conservation, he was a Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He died in 2021.
“Wilson, perhaps our greatest living scientist . . . offers the
most powerful indictment yet of humanity as destroyer.” —San
Francisco Chronicle Observer
“Wilson is an optimist, and The Future of Life is a call to
arms.... His book eloquently makes one thing clear:... we know what
we do, and we have a choice.” —The New York Times Book Review
“The Future of Life makes it clear once again that Wilson is one of
our most gifted science writers.” —The Washington Post
“[An] elegant manifesto. . . . [A] nuanced and evocative
explanation of just why biodiversity matters.” —The New Yorker
“Wilson writes with a magisterial tone. . . . The Future of Life is
the work of a man with deep convictions who is also utterly
reasonable.” —Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe
“Wilson is a member of an important but very rare species: the
world-class scientist who is also a great writer.” —Nature
“A critical report card for planet Earth, an urgent manifesto on
global action, an eloquent plea . . . A literate, even poetic
recounting of current scientific information that is readily
accessible to lay readers. A more engaging and persuasive single
volume on this crucial subject is difficult to imagine.” —Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
“A no-nonsense appraisal of the problem of species extinctions and
a pragmatic road map for renewal. . . . The Future of Life takes
the reader on a fascinating and ultimately hopeful journey.” —San
Jose Mercury News
“Our contemporary Thoreau, Wilson elegantly and insistently makes
the case that to choose biodiversity is to choose survival.”
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wilson knows his subject too well. It behooves the rest of us to
listen.” —San Diego Union Tribune
“One of the most clear-eyed pictures of how bad things have
gotten.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“The Future of Life offers an encouraging vision that solutions to
the environmental problems facing humanity are within reach. . . .
A refreshing change from the doom-and-gloom rhetoric that marked
much environmentalism in the past.” —American Scientist
“A landmark new book.” —Houston Chronicle
“The biosphere’s Paul Revere defines the incalculable value and
fragility of ‘the totality of life.’” —Outside
“A short book of breathtaking scope. . . . Wilson brings genuine
authority to these weighty pronouncements.” —New York Observer
“[A] readable gem. . . . Wilson manages to avoid dark gloom while
still cataloguing the damage we have wrought.” —Toronto Star
“Takes the reader on a fascinating and ultimately hopeful journey.
. . . A concise primer remarkable in its breadth and clarity.”
—Austin American-Statesman
"Wilson, perhaps our greatest living scientist . . . offers the
most powerful indictment yet of humanity as destroyer." -San
Francisco Chronicle Observer
"His book eloquently makes one thing clear: . . . we know
what we do, and we have a choice." -The New York Times Book
Review
"The Future of Life makes it clear once again that
Wilson is one of our most gifted science writers." -The
Washington Post
"[An] elegant manifesto. . . . [A] nuanced and evocative
explanation of just why biodiversity matters." -The New
Yorker
"Wilson writes with a magisterial tone. . . . The Future of
Life is the work of a man with deep convictions who is also
utterly reasonable." -Bill McKibben, The Boston
Globe
"Wilson is a member of an important but very rare species: the
world-class scientist who is also a great writer."
-Nature
"A critical report card for planet Earth, an urgent manifesto on
global action, an eloquent plea . . . A literate, even poetic
recounting of current scientific information that is readily
accessible to lay readers. A more engaging and persuasive single
volume on this crucial subject is difficult to imagine."
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"A no-nonsense appraisal of the problem of species
extinctions and a pragmatic road map for renewal. . . . The
Future of Life takes the reader on a fascinating and ultimately
hopeful journey." -San Jose Mercury News
"Our contemporary Thoreau, Wilson elegantly and
insistently makes the case that to choose biodiversity is to choose
survival." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Wilson knows his subject too well. It behooves the rest
of us to listen." -San Diego Union Tribune
"One of the most clear-eyed pictures of how bad things
have gotten." -Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"The Future of Life offers an encouraging vision
that solutions to the environmental problems facing humanity are
within reach. . . . A refreshing change from the doom-and-gloom
rhetoric that marked much environmentalism in the past."
-American Scientist
"A landmark new book." -Houston Chronicle
"The biosphere's Paul Revere defines the incalculable
value and fragility of 'the totality of life.'" -Outside
"A short book of breathtaking scope. . . . Wilson brings
genuine authority to these weighty pronouncements." -New York
Observer
"[A] readable gem. . . . Wilson manages to avoid dark
gloom while still cataloguing the damage we have wrought."
-Toronto Star
"Takes the reader on a fascinating and ultimately hopeful
journey. . . . A concise primer remarkable in its breadth and
clarity." -Austin American-Statesman
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