Discusses the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of ants

The latest anthology of the finest science writing to be published in 2000 is edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, scientist, and naturalist and features an ecclectic array of works by notable authors on everything from the latest advances in physics to the wonders of the natural world. Simultaneous. 40,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Essays discuss the importance of biodiversity, ecological threats, conservation monitoring, preservation, technology, and the prospects for the future

Product Description: Científico viajero y buen narrador, Wilson alterna la descripción de diversos ámbitos de la naturaleza con reflexiones sobre el origen común de la ciencia y la poesía, para hablarnos de la organización de las hormigas, de la presencia de la serpiente en las ciencias y las humanidades, de la belleza del ave del paraíso o de la inteligencia de los cerdos...read more

Product Description: Published by The New York State Biodiversity Research Institute and The New York State Museum, this introduction to conservation biology is intended to educate young people about the importance of biodiversity today, the threats to it and what we can do about these threats...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The eminent biologist reflects on his own response to nature and the aesthetic aspects of his exploration of natural systems in an intensely personal essay that examines the essential links between mankind and the rest of the living world (view table of contents)

Product Description: In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects' division of labor...read more

Explores the cycle of loss and recovery of many North American ecosystems over the past two centuries, and discusses the factors that contribute to a species' vulnerability to extinction (view table of contents)

Product Description: The Conserving Earth's Biodiversity CD-ROM is an entirely new way to study and teach conservation biology and environmental science. Created from the ground up to make the most of today's multimedia technology, it provides a rich learning experience and a wealth of valuable information and materials -- including interactive models that allow learners to study dynamic systems, detailed maps, and links to resources on the World Wide Web -- that build upon and enhance traditional approaches to the subject...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Conserving Earth's Biodiversity CD-ROM is an entirely new way to study and teach conservation biology and environmental science. Created from the ground up to make the most of today's multimedia technology, it provides a rich learning experience and a wealth of valuable information and materials -- including interactive models that allow learners to study dynamic systems, detailed maps, and links to resources on the World Wide Web -- that build upon and enhance traditional approaches to the subject...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for 'consilience': the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. The author shows how our rise in intellectual mastery is rooted in an ancient Greek concept at its zenith during the Enlightenment.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries. Book available.

' Like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, this is a book about the fate of the earth and the survival of our planet. Wilson attempts to bridge the seemingly irreconcilable worlds of fundamentalism and science. Passionately concerned about the state of the world, he draws on his own personal experiences and expertise as an entomologist, and prophesies that half the species of plants and animals on Earth could either have gone or at least are fated for early extinction by the end of our present century. This is not a bitter, predictable rant against fundamentalist Christians or deniers of Darwin; rather, Wilson, a leading 'secular humanist,' draws upon his own rich background as a boy in Alabama who 'took the waters,' and seeks not to condemn this new generation of Christians but to address them on their own terms.--From publisher description.The author promotes a new alliance between science and religion to defend nature--the Creation--by joining forces to preserve Earth's threatened biodiversity.

Traces the processes that produce new species, explains the importance of biodiversity, and recommends steps to help preserve diversity and improve the general quality of life

Product Description: View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" "In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky, untouched by light from any human source, a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer, who thinks: the world is about to change...read more

Product Description: This resource provides students with review materials for each chapter.