Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021)
Forfatter af Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Om forfatteren
He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1929. He is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor & Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He is on the Board of Directors of the Nature Conservancy, Conservation International & the American Museum of vis mere Natural History. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Serier
Værker af Edward O. Wilson
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books (2005) — Redaktør; Introduktion — 463 eksemplarer
Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World (2010) 38 eksemplarer
Visual Culture and Evolution: An Online Symposium, Issues in Cultural Theory No. 16 (2012) 3 eksemplarer
A Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Lasius 2 eksemplarer
Le società degli insetti, 2 2 eksemplarer
Le società degli insetti, 1 2 eksemplarer
Rain Forest Canopy: The High Frontier 1 eksemplar
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward Osborne Wilson 1st (first) 1 in edition [Paperback(1999)] 1 eksemplar
The Secret Duchess 1 eksemplar
Trailhead 1 eksemplar
Great Science Museums: Birth of an Entomologist 1 eksemplar
Serendipity and Dumb Luck: A Conversation, Not Too Fancy, about How Way Leads to Way in a Peculiar Manner (2016) 1 eksemplar
In Search of the Big Bang 1 eksemplar
Microcosm 1 eksemplar
The Universe 1 eksemplar
Experten in eigener Sache. 1 eksemplar
Dialogues of the Dead 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (2005) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 77 eksemplarer
Genetics of Original Sin: The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity (2009) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 21 eksemplarer
Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity (2000) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 17 eksemplarer
Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation (2012) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 14 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Wilson, Edward Osborne
- Fødselsdato
- 1929-06-10
- Dødsdag
- 2021-12-26
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Dødssted
- Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Bopæl
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Alabama (BS|MS|1950)
Harvard University (PhD|1955) - Erhverv
- professor
- Relationer
- Pinker, Steven (student)
Farish, Donald J. (student) - Organisationer
- Museum of Comparative Zoology
International Academy of Humanism
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Harvard University (Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- National Medal of Science (1976)
Richard M. Weaver Award (1989)
Crafoord Prize (1990)
Humanist of the Year (1999)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2000)
Kistler Prize (2000) (vis alle 8)
TED Prize (2007)
Kew International Medal (2014) - Agent
- John Taylor Williams
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