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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
Letters to a Young Scientist
E Book, 2013
Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
E Book, 2016
“The world’s greatest naturalist” (Jeffrey Sachs) proposes a plan to save Earth’s imperiled biosphere.
The Origins of Creativity
E Book, 2017
“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
E Book, 2019
“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
E Book, 2020
“In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer.” —Economist
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books
Slipcased Edition, Hardback, 2005
Hailed as "superior" by Nature, this landmark volume is available in a collectible, boxed edition.
The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Hardback, 2009
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume.
The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct
Paperback, 2010
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism.
The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct
E Book, 2010
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism.