Sociobiology：The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

EdwardOsborneWilson(bornJune10,1929)isanAmericanbiologist,researcher(sociobiology,biodiversity),theorist(consilience,biophilia),naturalist(conservationist)andauthor.Hisbiologicalspecialtyismyrmecology,thestudyofants.Wilsonisatwo-timewinnerofthePulitzerPrizeforGeneralNon-Fiction.Heisknownforhiscareerasascientist,hisadvocacyforenvironmentalism,andhissecular-humanistanddeistideaspertainingtoreligiousandethicalmatters.Asof2007,heisPellegrinoUniversityResearchProfessorinEntomologyfortheDepartmentofOrganismicandEvolutionaryBiologyatHarvardUniversityandaFellowoftheCommitteeforSkepticalInquiry.HeisaHumanistLaureateoftheInternationalAcademyofHumanism.