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Edward O. Wilson is a legendary biologist and is widely
considered to be the father of the modern environmental
movement. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has made
a significant contribution to our understanding of the rich
spectrum of the earth’s biodiversity.
Wilson’s works include Ants and On Human Nature, which
both won the Pulitzer Prize; The Future of Life, which offers a
plan for saving Earth’s biological heritage; Consilience, which
draws together the sciences, humanities, and the arts into a
broad study of human knowledge; The Creation, a plea for
science and religion to work together to save the planet; and From So Simple a Beginning, a collection of the four seminal
works of Darwin, with new introductions by Wilson. His
latest book, 2008’s The Superorganism, was hailed by the New York Times as “an astonishing account of the intricate
and unexpected swarm intelligence of wasps, bees, ants and
termites.”
Wilson’s latest project, The Encyclopedia of Life website,
catalogs all key information about life on Earth, including
data about every living species. Wilson is the recipient of
the U.S. National Medal of Science, the Crafoord Prize
(a sister to the Nobel), and the Audubon Medal. He is the
Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard
University, and continues to conduct research at the Museum of
Comparative Zoology. |
