[Wilson's] passion for the beauty and mystery of nature, coupled
with his adherence to scientific method and his unsurpassed
professional standing, give the work the possibility of being the
most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent
Spring."--Charles A. Radin "Boston Globe "
Edward O. Wilson...has laid and elegant and ingratiating literary
style over a fundament of science to produce a book that will
enlighten the uninformed, correct the misinformed and serve as a
beacon of lucidity in the wilderness...Wilson takes us by the hand
and leads us through the wilderness of diversity--explaining along
the way how species evolve, adapt, specialize, colonize, hybridize,
recreate new versions of themselves, radiate out to new locations,
become new things in often symbiotic combination with other new
things, then transmogrify themselves into something else and move
on again to fill other niches, other combinations--a mad, wonderful
saraband of complexity and cohabitation that Wilson conducts with
eloquence, clarity, and wit.--T. H. Watkins "Washington Post Book
World "
Edward Wilson reminds the jaded viewer that there really is a
crisis, and that--just as in 1917--it is already almost too late to
do anything about it. He gives a penetrating historical analysis of
what went wrong and even has a New Economic Plan which might, just,
pull us back from the brink...[This] book is a passionate defense
of life's variety.--Steve Jones "London Review of Books "
The central message of Edward O. Wilson's stirring new book...is
that Homo sapiens is in imminent danger of precipitating a
biological disaster to rival anything in evolutionary history. Mr.
Wilson...is the doyen of American biology. Two decades ago he
popularized the term 'sociobiology, ' and generated a small
industry of speculation about the biological basis of human nature.
In this book he stops asking what biology does to humans, and asks
instead what we humans are doing to biology.--David Papineau "New
York Times Book Review "
We need prophets to shake the souls and grab the attention of those
who have eyes but see not. "The Diversity of Life" is a deft and
thoroughly successful mixture of information and prophecy.--Stephen
Jay Gould "Nature "
Wilson's is still the best work we are ever likely to have on the
tangled, ever-changing relationships that all species on the planet
have with one another--and why the preservation of the same
biological diversity that sparks our curiosity and enriches our
spirit may also be the key to our survival.--T.H. Watkins
"Washington Post "
and even has a New Economic Plan which might, just, pull us back
from the brink...[This] book is a passionate defense of life's
variety.
cohabitation that Wilson conducts with eloquence, clarity, and
wit.
environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring."
instead what we humans are doing to biology.
that sparks our curiosity and enriches our spirit may also be the
key to our survival.
ÝWilson's¨ passion for the beauty and mystery of nature, coupled
with his adherence to scientific method and his unsurpassed
professional standing, give the work the possibility of being the
most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent
Spring." -- Charles A. Radin "Boston Globe"
One of the most engaging and interesting books that this reviewer
has seen recently. Wilson, internationally recognized as one of the
leading experts in this field, leads the reader through the often
difficult subject of biodiversity.
[Wilson's] passion for the beauty and mystery of nature, coupled
with his adherence to scientific method and his unsurpassed
professional standing, give the work the possibility of being the
most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent
Spring."--Charles A. Radin "Boston Globe "
Edward O. Wilson...has laid and elegant and ingratiating literary
style over a fundament of science to produce a book that will
enlighten the uninformed, correct the misinformed and serve as a
beacon of lucidity in the wilderness...Wilson takes us by the hand
and leads us through the wilderness of diversity--explaining along
the way how species evolve, adapt, specialize, colonize, hybridize,
recreate new versions of themselves, radiate out to new locations,
become new things in often symbiotic combination with other new
things, then transmogrify themselves into something else and move
on again to fill other niches, other combinations--a mad, wonderful
saraband of complexity and cohabitation that Wilson conducts with
eloquence, clarity, and wit.--T. H. Watkins "Washington Post Book
World "
Edward Wilson reminds the jaded viewer that there really is a
crisis, and that--just as in 1917--it is already almost too late to
do anything about it. He gives a penetrating historical analysis of
what went wrong and even has a New Economic Plan which might, just,
pull us back from the brink...[This] book is a passionate defense
of life's variety.--Steve Jones "London Review of Books "
The central message of Edward O. Wilson's stirring new book...is
that Homo sapiens is in imminent danger of precipitating a
biological disaster to rival anything in evolutionary history. Mr.
Wilson...is the doyen of American biology. Two decades ago he
popularized the term 'sociobiology, ' and generated a small
industry of speculation about the biological basis of human nature.
In this book he stops asking what biology does to humans, and asks
instead what we humans are doing to biology.--David Papineau "New
York Times Book Review "
We need prophets to shake the souls and grab the attention of those
who have eyes but see not. "The Diversity of Life" is a deft and
thoroughly successful mixture of information and prophecy.--Stephen
Jay Gould "Nature "
Wilson's is still the best work we are ever likely to have on the
tangled, ever-changing relationships that all species on the planet
have with one another--and why the preservation of the same
biological diversity that sparks our curiosity and enriches our
spirit may also be the key to our survival.--T.H. Watkins
"Washington Post "
and even has a New Economic Plan which might, just, pull us back
from the brink...[This] book is a passionate defense of life's
variety.
cohabitation that Wilson conducts with eloquence, clarity, and
wit.
environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring."
instead what we humans are doing to biology.
that sparks our curiosity and enriches our spirit may also be the
key to our survival.
YWilson's passion for the beauty and mystery of nature, coupled
with his adherence to scientific method and his unsurpassed
professional standing, give the work the possibility of being the
most important environmental book since Rachel Carson's "Silent
Spring." -- Charles A. Radin "Boston Globe"
One of the most engaging and interesting books that this reviewer
has seen recently. Wilson, internationally recognized as one of the
leading experts in this field, leads the reader through the often
difficult subject of biodiversity.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls for collective initiatives to confront the deterioration of biodiversity. (Oct.)
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