Book TV: In Depth With Edward O. Wilson
August 5th, 2007Pulitzer Prize-winning author, biologist and naturalist Edward O. Wilson, a native of Alabama, appeared on Book TV’s “In Depth” August 5. If you missed it, you can see it on the late night and weekend replays, or on C-SPAN’s Website.
Mr. Wilson, who has taught at Harvard University since the mid-1950s was named one of America’s 25 most influential people by Time magazine in 1996. His books include: “Sociobiology: The New Synthesis” (1975) “On Human Nature” (1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize), “The Ants” (1990, awarded Pulitzer Prize), “The Diversity of Life” (1992), “Consilience:The Unity of Knowledge” (1998), “The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth” (2006) and “Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949-2006” (2006) as well as “Sociobiology: The New Synthesis” (1975); “On Human Nature” (1978); “Genes, Mind, and Culture” with Charles J. Lumsden (1981); “Biophilia” (1984); “Naturalist” (1994); “In Search of Nature” (1996); “The Future of Life” (2002); “From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin’s Four Great Books” (2005); “The Creation: An Appeal to save Life on Earth” (2006); “Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006″ (2006).
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I knew Wilson (a grad of West End High School in Birmingham, in the mid 60s, when I was UU Minister to Students of Boston, including Harvard. I disagreed sharply (and still do) with his sociobiology, which leaves no room for either freedom or love.
However, he is for the environment, and that’s good!