Books by Edward O. Wilson

The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
A 21st-century philosophical argument against mechanistic views of human life outlines expansive and...

The Social Conquest of Earth (2013)
In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of the greatest living scientists directly addres...

Sociobiology (1980)
View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanit...

Consilience (1999)
An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the ...

The Creation (2006)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of On Human Nature promotes a bold new alliance between science an...

Letters to a Young Scientist (2013)
Weaves together more than twenty letters that illuminate the author's career and his motivations for...

Naturalist (2006)
The author, a professor of entomology at Harvard, looks back on his life, education, and career, and...

Anthill (2010)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents the adventures of Raff, a modern-day Huck Finn in Alabama...

The Diversity of Life (1999)
The classic story of how life on Earth evolved and how the diversity of the species is threatened un...

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001 (2001)
Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murph...

The Future of Life (2002)
Calls for decisive action to save Earth's endangered biological heritage, profiling threatened anima...