Edward Osborne Wilson
Naissance 1929 · Décès 2021
Biologiste et auteur américain
Citations
“The evolutionary epic is probably the best myth we will ever have.”
On Human NatureEn anglais “We have stone age emotions, medieval institutions and god-like technology.”
Edward O Wilson, naturalist known as a ‘modern-day Darwin’, dies aged 92, The GuEn anglais “The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper.”
Letters to a Young Scientist, Chapter 5En anglais “Samuel Butler's famous aphorism that the chicken is only an egg's way of making another egg has been modernized: the organism is only DNA's way of making more DNA.”
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, p. 4En anglais “The mosquito is an automaton. It can afford to be nothing else.”
On Human NatureEn anglais
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Les livres de Edward Osborne Wilson dans l'ordre
Les livres de Edward Osborne Wilson dans l'ordre de parution, de The Insect Societies (1971) à E. O. Wilson (2021).
- 1The Insect Societies
The Insect Societies1971 - 2Sociobiology
Sociobiology1975 - 3On Human Nature
On Human Nature1978 - 4Biophilia
Biophilia1984 - 5The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life1992 - 6Naturalist
Naturalist1994 - 7In Search of Nature
In Search of Nature1996 - 8Consilience
Consilience1998 - 9The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 20012001 - 10The Future of Life
The Future of Life2002 - 11Pheidole in the New World
Pheidole in the New World2003 - 12The Creation
The Creation2006 - 13Anthill
Anthill2010 - 14The Social Conqeust of Earth
The Social Conqeust of Earth2012 - 15The Social Conquest of Earth
The Social Conquest of Earth2012 - 16Why We Are Here
Why We Are Here2012 - 17Letters to a Young Scientist
Letters to a Young Scientist2013 - 18A Window on Eternity
A Window on Eternity2014 - 19The Meaning of Human Existence
The Meaning of Human Existence2014 - 20Half-Earth
Half-Earth2016 - 21The Origins of Creativity
The Origins of Creativity2017 - 22Genesis
Genesis2019 - 23Tales from the Ant World
Tales from the Ant World2020 - 24E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson2021