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Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2008
Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2013
Shortlisted — National Book Award, 2014
Books by Edward O. Wilson
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Paperback, 2017
“The world’s greatest naturalist” (Jeffrey Sachs) proposes a plan to save Earth’s imperiled biosphere.
The Origins of Creativity
Hardback, 2017
An eloquent exploration of creativity, The Origins of Creativity grapples with the question of how this uniquely human expression—so central to our identity as individuals and, collectively, as a...
The Origins of Creativity
Paperback, 2018
“Brimming with ideas. . . . The Origins of Creativity approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.”—Economist
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies
Hardback, 2019
Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, one shorn of “religious and political dogma,” Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis.
Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies
Paperback, 2020
“The book bursts to life with [Wilson’s] observations of nature, from fire ants and social spiders to starlings.”—Aarathi Prasad, New York Times Book Review
Tales from the Ant World
Hardback, 2020
Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest.
Tales from the Ant World
Paperback, 2021
“In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer.” —Economist
Anthill: A Novel
E Book, 2011
The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist delivers "an astonishing literary achievement" (Anthony Gottlieb, The Economist).
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
E Book, 2010
The book that launched a movement: “Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all” (Oliver Sacks).
The Social Conquest of Earth
E Book, 2012