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The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life
Oct 26, 2024 5:34 AM

Author:Edward O. Wilson

The Diversity of Life

"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. In an extensive new foreword for this edition, Professor Wilson addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a clear-eyed look at the work still to be done.

Reviews

The book will stand by itself as a tribute to the ingenuity of nature and to those who try to unravel its secrets

—— New York Magazine

He manages to synthesize physiology, medicine, psychology, philosophy, history and art with astonishing skill, clarity, erudition and wit... the most complex subjects are rendered comprehensible and entertaining... An excellent book which bridges two cultures

—— David Mendel , Observer

[The Body in Question] reveals the range and variety of the author's skills: those of a physician, (especially a neurologist), a comparative anatomist and a philosopher... Among the various allotropes of Jonathan Miller cited above, we must number also the entertainer and the wit: Miller is exceedingly amusing... His text is distinguished by innumerable felicities of thought or expression

—— P. B. Medawar , Times Literary Supplement

A brilliant mixture of medical, metaphorical and philosophical commentary

—— Richard Holmes , The Times

This tour de force has... sheer gusto and kinetic energy

—— Guardian

'A clever book about serious ideas that can happily be read on the beach'

—— Colin Tudge , Sunday Telegraph

'Exhilarating'

—— Melvyn Bragg , Observer

'As enthralling in its own way as was Darwin's original'

—— Kenan Malik , Independent on Sunday
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