Letters to a Young Scientist

Wilson, Edward O.

ISBN 10: 0871403854 / ISBN 13: 9780871403858

Edité par Liveright, 2014

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N° de réf. du vendeur 0871403854-3-34728723

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• Titre: Letters to a Young Scientist
• Éditeur: Liveright
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0871403854
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780871403858
• Reliure: paperback
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 37 onces

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Synopsis

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career--both his successes and his failures--and his motivations for becoming a biologist. At a time in human history when our survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill, but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it. From the collapse of stars to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans' depths, Wilson instills a love of the innate creativity of science and a respect for the human being's modest place in the planet's ecosystem in his readers.

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Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021) was the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Conquest of Nature. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson was a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lived with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.