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Edward Osborne Wilson

Edward Osborne Wilson in October 16, 2007
Born June 10, 1929 (1929-06-10) (age 78)
Birmingham, Alabama U.S.
Institutions Harvard University
Alma mater University of Alabama
Harvard University

Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist (Myrmecology, a branch of entomology), researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), and naturalist (conservationism). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State Counties Jefferson, Shelby Incorporated December 19, 1871 Government  - Type Mayor - Council  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (Current) Larry Langford (Mayor-Elect) Area  - City 151. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Harvard redirects here. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship school of the University of Alabama System. ... Harvard redirects here. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Myrmecology is the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology. ... Not to be confused with Etymology, the study of the history of words. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... Look up consilience in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the biophilia hypothesis in his book entitled Biophilia (Harvard University Press, 1984). ... Conservation can be confused with conversation and vice versa. ...


Wilson is known for his career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, and his scientific humanist ideas concerned with religious, moral, and ethical matters.[1] As of 2007, he was the Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism. The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... ... Harvard redirects here. ... The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) is a U.S. nonprofit organization whose stated purpose is to encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and...

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Biography

Wilson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.. According to his autobiography Naturalist, he grew up in Washington, D.C. and in the countryside around Mobile, Alabama. From an early age, he was interested in natural history. His parents, Edward and Inez Wilson, divorced when he was seven, and in the same year he damaged his eye in a fishing accident. The young naturalist grew up in several cities and towns, moving around with his father and his stepmother, Pearl. His reduced ability to observe mammals and birds led him to concentrate on insects. At nine, Wilson undertook his first expeditions at Rock Creek Park. At the age of 16, intent on becoming an entomologist, he began by collecting flies, but the shortage of insect pins caused by World War II caused him to switch to ants, which could be stored in vials. With the encouragement of Marion R. Smith, a myrmecologist from the National Museum of Natural History, the youthful Wilson began a survey of all the ants of Alabama. Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State Counties Jefferson, Shelby Incorporated December 19, 1871 Government  - Type Mayor - Council  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (Current) Larry Langford (Mayor-Elect) Area  - City 151. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Mobile Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Government  - Mayor Sam Jones Area  - City 412. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... Rock Creek Park is an urban natural area with public park facilities which bisects Washington, D.C. East of the park, except for a few enclaves, the city has a decidedly urban character. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Suborders Nematocera (includes Eudiptera) Brachycera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ... Barry Bolton Cedric Collingwood Horace Donisthorpe (1870 - 1951) Auguste Forel (1848 - 1931) William Gould (17?? - ????) Thomas C. Jerdon (1811 - 1872) Sir John Lubbock (the 1st Lord and Baron Avebury) (1834–1913) Derek Wragge Morley (1920 - (?)) John Obadiah Westwood (1805 - 1893) William Morton Wheeler (1865-1937) Edward Osborne Wilson (1929 -) Bert... Inside the National Museum of Natural History, underneath the rotunda. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...


Fearing that he would not be able to afford university, Wilson attempted to enlist in the United States Army. His plan was to secure government financial support for his education, but he failed his medical exam due to his impaired eyesight. Wilson was able to enroll in college because the University of Alabama was open to all graduates of Alabama's public high school system, and had affordable fees. Wilson graduated (B.S. and M.S.) from the University of Alabama (Phi Beta Kappa) and received a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He received a D.Sc. from Bates College in 1996, and has received other honorary degrees from various colleges and universities. For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship school of the University of Alabama System. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Bates College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1855 by abolitionists, located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. ...


Wilson lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife Irene. A daughter, Catherine, and her husband Jonathan, reside in nearby Stow.[2]


Theories and beliefs

Ants and Social Insects

Wilson along with Bert Hölldobler has done a systematic study of ants and ant behavior, culminating in their encyclopedic work The Ants (1990). Because much self-sacrificing behavior on the part of individual ants can be explained on the basis of their genetic interests in the survival of the sisters, with whom (it was thought at the time) they share 75% of their genes, Wilson was led to argue for a sociobiological explanation for all social behavior on the model of the behavior of the social insects. (It turns out that because queens mate more than once, the 75% number is too high, though suggestive for selfish-gene explanations.) In his more recent work he has sought to defend his views against the criticism of younger scientists such as Deborah Gordon, whose results challenge the idea that ant behavior is as rigidly predictable as Wilson's explanations make it. Bert Hölldobler (born 1936) is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. ... This article is about E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler book. ... Deborah Gordon (born 1955) is a biologist at Stanford University, profiled in the New York Times Magazine. ...


Sociobiology

Wilson defined sociobiology as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior." By applying the evolutionary principles which went a long way to explaining the behavior of the social insects to understanding the social behavior of animals, including humans, Wilson established sociobiology as a new scientific field. He argued that all animal behavior, including humans, is the product of heredity and environmental stimuli/past experiences and free will is an illusion. He has referred the biological basis of behaviour as the "genetic leash."[3] The sociobiological view is that all animal social behavior is governed by epigenetic rules worked out by the laws of evolution. This theory and research proved to be seminal, controversial, and influential.[4] This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Free-Will is a Japanese independent record label founded in 1986. ... Epigenetics is a term in biology used today to refer to features such as chromatin and DNA modifications that are stable over rounds of cell division but do not involve changes in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ...


The controversy of sociobiological research is in how it applies to humans. The theory established a scientific argument for rejecting the common doctrine of tabula rasa, which holds that human beings are born without any innate mental content and that culture functions to increase human knowledge and aid in survival and success. In the final chapter of the book Sociobiology and in the full text of his Pulitzer Prize-winning On Human Nature, Wilson argued that the human mind was shaped as much by genetic inheritance as it was by culture (if not more). There were limits on just how much influence social and environmental factors could have in altering human behavior. For other uses, see Tabula rasa (disambiguation). ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... On Human Nature is a 1979 Pulitzer prize winning book by the Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson. ...


Consilience

In his 1998 book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, Wilson discusses methods that have been used to unite the sciences, and might be able to unite the sciences with the humanities. Wilson prefers and uses the term consilience to describe the synthesis of knowledge from different specialized fields of human endeavor. He defines human nature as a collection of epigenetic rules; the genetic patterns of mental development. He argues that culture and rituals are products, not parts, of human nature. He says art is not part of human nature, but our appreciation of art is. He argues that concepts such as art appreciation, fear of snakes, or the incest taboo (Westermarck effect) can be studied using scientific methods. Previously, these phenomena were only part of psychological, sociological or anthropological studies. Wilson proposes that they can be part of interdisciplinary research. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson. ... Look up consilience in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Human nature (disambiguation). ... Epigenetics is a term in biology used today to refer to features such as chromatin and DNA modifications that are stable over rounds of cell division but do not involve changes in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Incest is defined as sexual intercourse or any form of sexual activity between closely related persons, especially within the nuclear family. ... This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the psychological term. ... Psychological science redirects here. ... Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the systematic and scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social action, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... This is about the social science. ...


Scientific humanism

Wilson coined the phrase scientific humanism as "the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature". [5] Wilson argues that it is best suited to improve the human condition. This article is about the radio show. ...


God and religion

On the question of God, Wilson has described his position as provisional deism.[6] He has explained his faith as a trajectory away from traditional beliefs: "I drifted away from the church, not definitively agnostic or atheistic, just Baptist no more."[3] Wilson argues that the belief in God and rituals of religion are products of evolution.[7] He argues that they should not be rejected or dismissed, but further investigated by science to better understand their significance to human nature. In his book The Creation, Wilson suggests that scientists "offer the hand of friendship" to religious leaders and build an alliance with them, stating that "Science and religion are two of the most potent forces on Earth and they should come together to save the creation."[8] This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Agnosticism (Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable due to... Atheist redirects here. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is...


The Unit and Target of Selection

Wilson has argued that the "unit of selection is a gene, the basic element of heredity. The target of selection is normally the individual who carries an ensemble of genes of certain kinds." With regards to the use kin selection in explaining the behavior of eusocial insects, Wilson said to Discover magazine, the "new view that I'm proposing is that it was group selection all along, an idea first roughly formulated by Darwin."[9] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In evolutionary biology, kin selection refers to changes in gene frequency across generations that are driven at least in part by interactions between related individuals, and this forms much of the conceptual basis of the theory of social evolution. ... Meat Eater ant colony swarming Fire ants Eusociality is the phenomenon of reproductive specialization found in some animals. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Discover is a science magazine that publishes articles about science for a general audience. ... In evolutionary biology, group selection refers to the idea that alleles can become fixed or spread in a population because of the benefits they bestow on groups, regardless of the fitness of individuals within that group. ...


Ecology

Wilson has studied the mass extinctions of the 20th century and their relationship to modern society, arguing strongly for an ecological approach: An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) is a period in time when a large number of species die out. ...

Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds fluttering around in the canopy. You are drastically imperiling a vast array of species within a few square miles of you. The number of these species may go to tens of thousands. ... Many of them are still unknown to science, and science has not yet discovered the key role undoubtedly played in the maintenance of that ecosystem, as in the case of fungi, microorganisms, and many of the insects. (E. O. Wilson, 2000) This article is about a community of trees. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). ... The canopy is the habitat found at the uppermost level of a forest, especially rainforest. ... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ecological Systems Theory. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... A cluster of Escherichia coli bacteria magnified 10,000 times. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera...

His understanding of the scale of the extinction crisis has led him to advocate a number of strategies for forest protection, including the Forests Now Declaration, which calls for new markets-based mechanisms to protect tropical forests. The Forests Now Declaration is a declaration that calls for a number of new market-based mechanisms to protect tropical forests. ...


Criticism

Several of Wilson's colleagues at Harvard, such as Richard Lewontin and Stephen Jay Gould, were vehemently opposed to his ideas regarding sociobiology. Marshall Sahlins's work The Use and Abuse of Biology was a direct criticism of Wilson's theories. Richard Lewontin Richard Charles Dick Lewontin (born March 29, 1929) is an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and social commentator. ... Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ... Marshall Sahlins (born 1930) is a prominent American anthropologist. ...


Wilson's sociobiological ideas have offended some liberals and conservatives, who both favored the idea that human behavior was culturally based. Sociobiology re-ignited the nature versus nurture debate, and Wilson's scientific perspective on human nature led to public debate. He was accused of racism, misogyny, and eugenics.[10] In one incident, members of the International Committee Against Racism (a group connected to a left-wing organization Science for the People) poured a pitcher of water on Wilson's head and chanted "Wilson, you're all wet" at a conference in November 1977.[11] Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individuals innate qualities (nature) versus personal experiences (nurture) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... In Eva Prima Pandora, by Jean Cousin (Louvre Museum), Eve, the equivalent of Pandora embodies Original Sin Misogyny (pronounced ) is hatred or strong prejudice against women; an antonym of philogyny. ... Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution: Logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference [7], 1921, depicting it as a tree which unites a variety of different fields. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Science for the People is a left-wing organization, magazine, and movement which emerged from the antiwar culture of the 1970s. ...


Awards and honors

Wilson's scientific and conservation honors include: Conservation can be confused with conversation and vice versa. ...

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Main works

The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... Sociobiology: The New Synthesis was a 1975 book by E. O. Wilson. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... Founded in 1979 in Oldendorf/Luhe, Inter-Research is a small scientific publishing company located in northern Germany. ... This article is about E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler book. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Bert Hölldobler (born 1936) is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... Biophilia is the love (philia) of Nature (bio). ... Journey to the ants. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist E. O. Wilson. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... On Human Nature is a 1979 Pulitzer prize winning book by the Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ...

Footnotes

  1. ^ Novacek, Michael J. (2001). Lifetime achievement: E.O. Wilson. CNN.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
  2. ^ Wilson Life and Work at the EO Wilson Biodiversity foundation
  3. ^ a b E. O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, New York, Knopf, 1998, pp. 127-128.
  4. ^ Wolfe, Tom (1996). Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died. Vol. 158, Issue 13, pp.210ff. Forbes
  5. ^ in Harvard Magazine December 2005 p 33.
  6. ^ The Creation
  7. ^ Human Nature
  8. ^ Naturalist E.O. Wilson is optimistic Harvard Gazette June 15, 2006
  9. ^ Richard Conniff "Discover Interview: E.O. Wilson" June 25, 2006.
  10. ^ Douglas, Ed (2001). Darwin's Natural Heir. Guardian Unlimitied.
  11. ^ Wilson, Edward O. (1995). Naturalist (autobiography)
  12. ^ Wilson, E. O. (2002). E. O. Wilson On Boy Scouts, Blade Runner, and Huck Finn. Science & Spirit. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
  13. ^ Distinguished Eagle Scouts. Troop & Pack 179. Retrieved on 2006-03-02.

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See also

This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the biophilia hypothesis in his book entitled Biophilia (Harvard University Press, 1984). ... This article is about the psychological term. ... Green economics is an unconventional approach to economics by non-economists. ... Evolutionary psychology (abbreviated EP) is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i. ... Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. ... Dual inheritance theory, (or DIT), in sharp contrast to the notion that culture overrides biology, posits that humans are products of the interaction between biological evolution and cultural evolution. ... Richard Machalek (born April 12, 1946) is a social theorist, sociobiologist, and professor of sociology. ... Laura Simonds Southworth is a book illustrator. ... Barry Holstun Lopez (born January 6, 1945) is an American essayist, fictionist, and poet whose work deals with nature and ecological concerns. ... Bert Hölldobler (born 1936) is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. ... Myrmecology is the scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology. ... A group of organisms, such as an insect colony, that functions as a social unit. ... For the use of the term in ecology, see Biomass (ecology). ... The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is the proposed name for a collaborative bio-encyclopedia, written by experts[1][2], which aims to build an encyclopedia of separate articles for all known species, including video, sound, images, graphics, and text. ... Some of the public intellectuals who won The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll. ...

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Bio

  • "E.O. Wilson Profile" - Comprehensive list of Degrees, Awards and Positions

Videos

  • "On the Relation of Science and Humanities" - lecture at Harvard@Home
  • "From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin" - lecture at BookTV
  • Appearance on Charlie Rose - interviewed with James D. Watson
  • Appearance on MeaningOfLife.tv - interview by Robert Wright
  • Ubben Lecture at DePauw University
  • E. O. Wilson Charlie Rose complete interviews
  • E.O. Wilson: TED Prize wish: Help build the Encyclopedia of Life TED, March 2007, on the Encyclopedia of Life
  • Appearance on NOVA's Little Creatures Who Run the World, 1997

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Interviews

  • Living in Shimmering Disequilibrium - interview by Fred Branfman (Salon)
  • Karl Marx was right, it is just that he had the wrong species - interview by Frans Roes (Speak, Darwinists!)
  • E.O. Wilson - interview by Paul D. Thacker (BioMedNet)
  • City Arts & Lectures, 2006/10/10

Articles

  • Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died - essay by Tom Wolfe (Forbes, 1996)
  • Darwin's natural heir: Profile - essay by Ed Douglas (The Guardian, 2001)
  • The Ant King's Latest Mission: Profile - essay by Robin McKie (GuardianUnlimited, 2006)
  • Editorial on Sustainability e-Journal - essay by E.O. Wilson (Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2005)

Essays

  • Science and Ideology (1995)
  • Kin Selection as the Key to Altruism: Its Rise and Fall (2005)
  • Letter to a Southern Baptist Minister (Excerpt from The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth). (2006)

Books

  • Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects (1987), available as free download.

 

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