The Diversity of Life - Edward O. Wilson

The Diversity of Life

Buch | Softcover
432 Seiten
2001
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-029161-2 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. It also addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a look at the work still to be done.
"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - 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.

Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than thirty books, including Consilience, The Diversity of Life, The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.4.2001
Reihe/Serie Penguin Science
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 291 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10 0-14-029161-X / 014029161X
ISBN-13 978-0-14-029161-2 / 9780140291612
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