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April 2013
On Sale: April 15, 2013
256 pages
ISBN: 0871403773
EAN: 9780871403773
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson
imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next
generation. Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty
years of teaching into a book for students, young and old.
Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout
and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these
twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with
autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career—both
his successes and his failures—and his motivations for
becoming a biologist. At a time in human history when our
survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of
science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does
not depend on mathematical skill, but rather a passion for
finding a problem and solving it. From the collapse of stars
to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans’ depths,
Wilson instills a love of the innate creativity of science
and a respect for the human being’s modest place in the
planet’s ecosystem in his readers. 21 illustrations
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