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Naturalist 25th Anniversary Edition

Wilson, Edward O.

How does a boy fascinated by living things in Alabama grow into a scientist who watched our idea of nature change?

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Author
Wilson, Edward O.

Why read it

  • You will see how early curiosity and temperament shape the pattern of a working life
  • You will rethink humans as part of the living world rather than standing above it
  • You will learn why deep expertise first and storytelling second can serve a writer better than the reverse

Who it is for

  • Parents of a child obsessed with insects or animals
  • Scientists wondering how to write for general readers
  • Anyone weighing a career who wonders how early passions shape it

Contents

  1. prelude
  2. PART 1
  3. DAYBREAK IN ALABAMA
  4. chapter one
  5. PARADISE BEACH
  6. chapter two
  7. SEND US THE BOY
  8. chapter three
  9. A LIGHT IN THE CORNER
  10. chapter four
  11. A MAGIC KINGDOM
  12. chapter five
  13. TO DO MY DUTY
  14. chapter six
  15. ALABAMA DREAMING
  16. chapter seven
  17. THE HUNTERS
  18. chapter eight
  19. GOOD-BYE TO THE SOUTH
  20. chapter nine
  21. ORIZABA
  22. PART 2
  23. STORYTELLER
  24. chapter ten
  25. THE SOUTH PACIFIC
  26. chapter eleven
  27. THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN
  28. chapter twelve
  29. THE MOLECULAR WARS
  30. chapter thirteen
  31. ISLANDS ARE THE KEY
  32. chapter fourteen
  33. THE FLORIDA KEYS EXPERIMENT
  34. chapter fifteen
  35. ANTS
  36. chapter sixteen
  37. ATTAINING SOCIOBIOLOGY
  38. chapter seventeen
  39. THE SOCIOBIOLOGY CONTROVERSY
  40. chapter eighteen
  41. BIODIVERSITY BIOPHILIA
  42. afterword

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