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  • af Edward O. Wilson
    258,95 kr.

    Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life-biophilia-is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living things.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    68,95 kr.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    126,95 kr.

    "e;Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery"e; - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. In an extensive new foreword for this edition, Professor Wilson addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a clear-eyed look at the work still to be done.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    198,95 kr.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    1.453,95 kr.

    A major work of environmental and behavioral biology, this book reinterprets the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects-ants, social wasps and bees, and termites-through the concepts of modern biology, from biochemistry to evolutionary theory and population ecology.

  • af Edward O. Wilson & George F. Oster
    602,95 kr.

  • af Edward O. Wilson & Robert H. MacArthur
    673,95 kr.

    Develops a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography which builds on the first principles of population ecology and genetics to explain how distance and area combine to regulate the balance between immigration and extinction in island populations.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    285,95 kr.

    In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior.

  • - The Deep Origin of Societies
    af Edward O. Wilson
    115,95 kr.

  • af Edward O. Wilson
    128,95 kr.

  • af Edward O. Wilson & Bert Holldobler
    1.485,95 - 2.938,95 kr.

    Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system.

  • - A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
    af Edward O. Wilson & Robert Hass
    183,95 kr.

    World Literature Today Editors PickEnchanting. . . . The Poetic Species is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating. MARIA POPOVA, Brain PickingsIn this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of consilience or the unity of knowledge, finds an ardent interlocutor in Robert Hass, whose credo as United States poet laureate was imagination makes communities. As they explore the many ways that poetry and science enhance each other, they travel from anthills to ancient Egypt and to the heights and depths of human potential. A testament to how science and the arts can join forces to educate and inspire, this book is also a passionate plea for conservation of all the planets species.Edward O. Wilson, a biologist, naturalist, and bestselling author, has received more than 100 awards from around the world, including the Pulitzer Prize. A professor emeritus at Harvard University, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.Robert Hass poetry is rooted in the landscapes of his native northern California. He has been awarded the MacArthur Genius Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He is a professor of English at University of California-Berkeley.

  • - The Abridged Edition
    af Edward O. Wilson
    468,95 kr.

    In this text, Wilson's work on the biological basis of social behavior in all species from amoeba colonies to human societies has been trimmed to its essential argument and most compelling examples.

  • af Edward O. (Harvard University) Wilson
    157,95 - 254,95 kr.

    From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.

  • - A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus
    af Edward O. Wilson
    1.881,95 kr.

    Species of the genus Pheidole are the most abundant and diverse ants of the New World and range from the northern US to Argentina. In this text, Edward O. Wilson untangles its classification, time, characterising all 625 known species, and ordering them into 19 species groups.

  • - The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
    af Edward O. Wilson
    564,95 kr.

    When this classic was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the nature versus nurture debate. In the introduction to this edition, Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience over the past quarter of a century has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature.

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