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Edward O. Wilson


Born
in Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
June 10, 1929

Died
December 26, 2021

Genre
Science,Biology


Edward Osborne Wilson, sometimes credited as E.O. Wilson, was an American biologist, researcher, theorist, and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, a branch of entomology. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Wilson is known for his career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, and his secular-humanist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. He was the Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.

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The Diversity of Life
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Consilience: The Unity of K...
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The Meaning of Human Existence
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Letters to a Young Scientist
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The Social Conquest of Earth
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On Human Nature
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The Future of Life
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fi...
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“People would rather believe than know.”
― Edward O. Wilson
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“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson
tags: crisis, emotions, flaws, human-beings, humanity, humans, institutions, people, problems, technology
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“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
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tags: conservation, simile
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