The Diversity of Life: With a New Introduction (Questions of Science) - Softcover

Wilson, Edward O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393319407 ISBN 13: 9780393319408

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

In this book a master scientist tells the story of how life on earth evolved. Edward O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse and why that diversity is threatened today as never before. A great spasm of extinction the disappearance of whole species is occurring now, caused this time entirely by humans. Unlike the deterioration of the physical environment, which can be halted, the loss of biodiversity is a far more complex problem and it is irreversible. Defining a new environmental ethic, Wilson explains why we must rescue whole ecosystems, not only individual species. He calls for an end to conservation versus development arguments, and he outlines the massive shift in priorities needed to address this challenge. No writer, no scientist, is more qualified than Edward O. Wilson to describe, as he does here, the grandeur of evolution and what is at stake. "Engaging and nontechnical prose. . . . Prodigious erudition. . . . Original and fascinating insights." John Terborgh, New York Review of Books, front page review "Eloquent. . . . A profound and enduring contribution." Alan Burdick, Audubon

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Edward O. Wilson is the Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393319407
• ISBN 13: 9780393319408
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424
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