Consilience：The Unity of Knowledge

作者 Edward O. Wilson著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 1999年3月第1版
ISBN 9780679768678
定价 126.70

内容简介

"Adazzlingjourneyacrossthesciencesandhumanitiesinsearchofdeeplawstounitethem."--TheWallStreetJournalOneofourgreatestlivingscientists--andthewinneroftwoPulitzerPrizesforOnHumanNatureandTheAnts--givesusaworkofvisionaryimportancethatmaybethecrowningachievementofhiscareer.InConsilience(awordthatoriginallymeant"jumpingtogether")，EdwardO.WilsonrenewstheEnlightenment'ssearchforaunifiedtheoryofknowledgeindisciplinesthatrangefromphysicstobiology，thesocialsciencesandthehumanities.Usingthenaturalsciencesashismodel，Wilsonforgesdramaticlinksbetweenfields.Heexploresthechemistryofthemindandthegeneticbasesofculture.Hepostulatesthebiologicalprinciplesunderlyingworksofartfromcave-drawingstoLolita.Presentingthelatestfindingsinproseofwonderfulclarityandoratoricaleloquence，andsynthesizingitintoadazzlingwhole，Consilienceisscienceinthepath-clearingtraditionsofNewton，Einstein，andRichardFeynman.

作者简介

EdwardO.WilsonwasborninBirmingham,Alabamain1929.HereceivedhisB.S.andM.S.inbiologyfromtheUniversityofAlabamaand,in1955,hisPh.D.inbiologyfromHarvard,wherehehassincetaught,andwherehehasreceivedbothofitscollege-wideteachingawards.HeiscurrentlyResearchProfessorandHonoraryCuratorinEntomologyoftheMuseumofComparativeZoologyatHarvard.HeistheauthoroftwoPulitzerPrize-winningbooks,OOnHumanNature(1978)andTheAnts(1990,withBertHölldobler),aswellastherecipientofmanyfellowships,honors,andawards,includingthe1977NationalMedalofScience,theCrafoordPrizefromtheRoyalSwedishAcademyofSciences(1990),theInternationalPrizeforBiologyfromJapan(1993),and,forhisconservationefforts,theGoldMedaloftheWorldwideFundforNature(1990)andtheAudubonMedaloftheNationalAudubonSociety(1995).HeisontheBoardofDirectorsofTheNatureConservancy,ConservationInternational,andtheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,andgivesmanylecturesthroughouttheworld.HelivesinLexington,Massachusettswithhiswife,Irene.,,