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

Wilson, Edward O.

 
9780393319408: The Diversity of Life: With a New Introduction (Questions of Science)
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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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

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