The Future of Life
ALA Notable Books for Adults
Published on 9. April 2002
256 pages
978-0-375-41456-5 (ISBN)
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One of the world's most important scientists, Edward O. Wilson is also an abundantly talented writer who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. In this, his most personal and timely book to date, he assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary. Eloquent, practical and wise, this book should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world.
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EDWARD O. WILSON was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1929. He is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, On Human Nature (1978) and The Ants (1990, with Bert Hölldobler), as well as many other groundbreaking works, including Consilience, Naturalist, and Sociobiology. A recipient of many of the world's leading prizes in science and conservation, he was a Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He died in 2021.
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- CONTENTS
- EPIGRAPH
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- THE ECONOMIST
- THE ENVIRONMENTALIST
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- THE PEOPLE-FIRST CRITIC STEREOTYPES THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS
- THE ENVIRONMENTALIST STEREOTYPES THE PEOPLE-FIRST CRITICS
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ALSO BY EDWARD O. WILSON
- COPYRIGHT
