Oof, my heart hurts. EO Wilson is a major hero of mine. Reading his work was enormously influential in my decision to study social insects. Not only was he a truly bold intellectual giant, but he was also a kind and good person to his core.
An absolute legend.
An absolute legend.
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Some EO Wilson book recommendations:
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
It's impossible to overstate the impact this book had on the behavioral sciences. This is his landmark contribution to science.
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
It's impossible to overstate the impact this book had on the behavioral sciences. This is his landmark contribution to science.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
This is one of the first books of his that I read, and was perhaps the most influential on my thinking. Highly recommended.
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This is one of the first books of his that I read, and was perhaps the most influential on my thinking. Highly recommended.
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The Ants
This is another one of his landmark contribution to science, along with Bert Holldobler. A massive tome that's a near exhaustive review of everything to now about ants: ecology, evolution, anatomy, physiology, behavior, distribution, etc.
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This is another one of his landmark contribution to science, along with Bert Holldobler. A massive tome that's a near exhaustive review of everything to now about ants: ecology, evolution, anatomy, physiology, behavior, distribution, etc.
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The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
In many ways an extension of his book The Ants. It surveyed and expended our understanding of social insects.
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In many ways an extension of his book The Ants. It surveyed and expended our understanding of social insects.
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The Theory of Island Biogeography
Coauthored with another legend, Robert MacArthur, they both developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. Some amazing insights. Required reading for ecologists and evolutionary biologists.
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Coauthored with another legend, Robert MacArthur, they both developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography. Some amazing insights. Required reading for ecologists and evolutionary biologists.
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Naturalist
I think this was the first book of his that I read when I was first developing an interested in becoming a biologist. It's a book about how he became a naturalist. Very personal and inspiring.
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I think this was the first book of his that I read when I was first developing an interested in becoming a biologist. It's a book about how he became a naturalist. Very personal and inspiring.
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