Instructor's Manual [IM] for Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life

Wilson, Edward O.; Perlman, Dan L.; Adelson, Glenn

ISBN 10: 0674212991 / ISBN 13: 9780674212992

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, New York

Beschreibung

This is the very rare Instructor's Manual for Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life not the textbook. It is an 81-page booklet in plain blue wraps with black print, designed to assist educators in teaching and testing the material from the main text. The manual contains sample test questions, detailed answers to those questions, and key concepts to guide classroom discussion and assessments. The booklet is in Good condition with minor abrasion to the front cover, faint staining, and some sun-fading. There is light creasing to the corners, and the wraps show faint stains. The staple binding remains in good shape, holding the booklet square and tight. An organization stamp is neatly marked out on the title page, but the interior pages are clean and unmarked. As with most instructor's manuals, this copy provides crucial supplemental material intended to enhance both teaching and learning, making it an invaluable resource for those with access. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment with bubble wrap and cardboard for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Feel free to contact us for more information or pictures regarding the book.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Instructor's Manual [IM] for Edward O. Wilson's The Diversity of Life
• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0674212991
• ISBN-13: 9780674212992
• Einband: Softcover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Druck: First Printing
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Abmessungen: 9B x 6 H x 0,2 T Zoll Breite: 9 Zoll, Höhe: 6 Zoll, Tiefe: 0,2 Zoll

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Inhaltsangabe

"In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky, untouched by light from any human source, a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer, who thinks: the world is about to change." Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, witness to the sort of violence nature visits upon its creatures, Edward O. Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution, and so begins his remarkable account of how the living world became diverse and how humans are destroying that diversity.

Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation, and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years. The five enormous natural blows to the planet (such as meteorite strikes and climatic changes) required 10 to 100 million years of evolutionary repair. The sixth great spasm of extinction on earth caused this time entirely by humans may be the one that breaks the crucible of life. Wilson identifies this crisis in countless ecosystems around the globe: coral reefs, grasslands, rain forests, and other natural habitats. Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States, the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia, and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down, he poignantly describes the death throes of the living world's diversity-projected to decline as much as 20 percent by the year 2020.

All evidence marshaled here resonates through Wilson's tightly reasoned call for a spirit of stewardship over the world's biological wealth. He makes a plea for specific actions that will enhance rather than diminish not just diversity but the quality of life on earth. Cutting through the tangle of environmental issues that often obscure the real concern, Wilson maintains that the era of confrontation between forces for the preservation of nature and those for economic development is over; he convincingly drives home the point that both aims can, and must, be integrated. Unparalleled in its range and depth, Wilson's masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the world's biological variety and ensuring our planet's health.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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