内容简介
Wilsonisasophisticatedandmarvelouslyhumanewriter.Hisvisionisaliberatingone,andareaderofthissplendidbookcomesawaywithasenseofthekinshipthatexistsamongthepeople,animals,andinsectsthatsharetheplanet.(NewYorker200412
作者简介
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.
