About this title: Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson argues that the entire world is orderly and can be explained by a number of natural laws. Wilson maintains that the ideas and goals of the Enlightenment have not been discredited and, in fact, are surging back to life.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679450771ISBN:0679450777
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good clean trade paperback-book slightly bent from not laying flat. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1998
Description: Very Good. Vg+, Light wear to the extremities, contents tight and clean Nice, tight, clean copy. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679450771ISBN:0679450777
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Appx. 60 pages have underlining, bracketing or marginal notations, ten pages dog-eared, page edges soiled. Trade paperback. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1998-03-17
ISBN-13:9780679450771ISBN:0679450777
Description: Like New. Like new hardcover with DJ. Dust jacket shows very minor shelf wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679450771ISBN:0679450777
Description: Very Good, Near Fine. 1st pr., ix, 337 pp. Spine somewhat cocked, boards starting to curve. Dj light rubbing and wear to front and rear panels. read more
Description: New. NO JUNK book is brand new, pages starting to yellow, no marks, tears, or creases, item ships next business day in jiffy envelope. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780679768678ISBN:067976867X
Description: Near Fine. Size: 8vo (8 x 5¼); Some underlining on 11 pages of chapter 3, otherwise fine. Book is clean crisp and tight with only very mild edgewear. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage, NY
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780679768678ISBN:067976867X
Description: Very Good. 067976867x. A New York Times Notable Book. Covers lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy.; 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 Inches; 367 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1999-03-30
ISBN-13:9780679768678ISBN:067976867X
Description: Very Good. 1999 edition, book reflects age. Some of the pages have slight underlining; otherwise the book is in excellent condition. read more
"I read this ten years ago and it upset me then--and excited me in terms of the power of the ideas. Now, after the disaster of the last administration and its stupidity and inaction, it hits all the harder. I'm off in search of some light reading."
"This may be one of the best popular science books I've ever read. Put simply, Prof. Wilson if trying to lay out the claim that all sciences: the social and the hard, at there base level, share some common epigenetic features.
His arguments span several disciplines: from biology to physics to religion to economics to ethics. His arguments are compelling, and he freely admits that he may be overreaching or that the the commonalities may be too reduced to be of much value, yet the problem, the idea, is worth pursuing.
I also applaud him for putting the nature/nurture (culture) argument that I personally profess to out there; namely that both play a role.
Prof Wilson wrote a book that is inspiring, that I believe will convince people to pursue his goal. And really, if they prove him right or wrong, the fact that they tried, that they added to our knowledge, is all that he would want.
Finally, the humor that Prof Wilson weaves throughout the book is both dry and hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud at several of his jokes. This was something I did not expect, but was happy to discover."
"This was a tough read mainly because of the density of the topic. But it was a masterpiece of scholarship. In making his case for a convergence of biological-physical sciences with social-humanity studies, Wilson traverses the gamut of human knowledge. From a history of the enlightenment philosophies to genetics, neurology to theology, ecology to economics, and more, he overturns stones from many disciplines, showing their interconnectivity and interspersing the dialogue with quotes from Bacon to Psalms to Milton, and drawing from his own expertise in myrmecology, evolutionary biology, and planetary conservation. This is a seminal work that has not been welcomed by academia (and not without some justification), and could eventually prove to be a lost leader, but should be extolled for its pioneering spirit and innovativeness. Touché, Brave Wilson."
"I've read this book a few times over many years; now I'm looking to find out if the social intelligence might be inside our bodies, among the critters which colonize us in anti-individualistic response to our internal sea's chemical signals. Or if we must conclude that even we are not so individual as we seem. I get why Tom Wolfe must like this guy, but I still don't get why liberals must hate him. I think it was us liberals who caused all the harm by insisting that some get labeled "needy" and take handouts, when all they might have wished for was to be good worker bees with dignity. It's the dignity everyone seems desperate to withhold as our superstar culture of ever expanding want arrogates almost everything to (our?) empire. I find Wilson pleasantly humble among his accomplishments. What he understands rings true, and so I'll have to accommodate it. And he writes really well."
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