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The Diversity of Life

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Diversity of Life

Contributors:

By (Author) Edward O. Wilson

ISBN:

9780140291612

Publisher:

Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

Publication Date:

26th April 2001

UK Publication Date:

26th April 2001

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Conservation of wildlife and habitats

Dewey:

333.95

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

432

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

291g

Description

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.

Reviews

"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins"

Author Bio

Edward O. Wilson is the Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University. He is the author of SOCIOBIOLOGY, the two Pulitzer Prize-winning works ON HUMAN NATURE and THE ANTS, and the bestselling CONSILIENCE.

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