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1、NATIONALBESTSELLERCONSILIENCETHEUNITYOFKNOWLEDGEEdwardO.WilsonPULITZERPRIZE-WINNINGAUTHOROFONHUMANNATUREANDTHEANTS"Adazzlingjourneyacrossthesciencesandhumanitiesinsearchofdeeplawstounitethem."—TheWallStreetJournalEDWARDO.WILSONConsilienceEDWARDO.WILSONwasborninBirmingham,Alabama,in19
2、29.HereceivedhisB.S.andM.S.inbiologyfromtheUniversityofAlabamaand,in1955,hisPh.D.inbiologyfromHarvard,wherehehassincetaught,andwherehehasreceivedbothofitscollege-wideteachingawards.HeiscurrentlyPellegrinoUniversityResearchPro-fessorandHonoraryCuratorinEntomologyoftheMuseumofComparati
3、veZoologyatHarvard.HeistheauthoroftwoPulitzerPrize-winningbooks,OnHumanNature(1978)andTheAnts(1990,withBertHölldobler),aswellastherecipientofmanyfellow-ships,honors,andawards,includingthe1977NationalMedalofSci-ence,theCrafoordPrizefromtheRoyalSwedishAcademyofSciences(1990),theInterna
4、tionalPrizeforBiologyfromJapan(1993),and,forhisconservationefforts,theGoldMedaloftheWorldwideFundforNature(1990)andtheAudubonMedaloftheNationalAudubonSociety(1995).HeisontheBoardofDirectorsoftheNatureConservancy,ConservationInternational,andtheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,andgivesm
5、anylecturesthroughouttheworld.HelivesinLexington,Massachusetts,withhiswife,Irene.AcclaimforEDWARDO.WILSON'SConsilience"EdwardO.Wilsonisahero...hehasmadelandmarkscientificdis-coveriesandhasawritingstyletodiefor....Acomplexandnuancedargument."—TheBostonGlobe"Oneoftheclearestandmostdedi
6、catedpopularizersofsciencesinceT.H.Huxley...Mr.Wilsoncandothescienceandtheprose."—Time"Exceptionallyinsightful....Lookingbeyondtoday'sspectacularadvances...inreadingthemolecularlycodedbookoflife,Wilsonpointstoafutureinwhichthisbiologicalunderstandingwillgiveusthepowertoreshapeourselv
7、es....Hecutsthroughmuchpolarizednonsenseaboutnatureversusnurtureorgenesversusculture,showinghowbothareasrelevanttousastootheranimals."—ScientificAmerican"Aworktobeheldinawe,tobereadwithjoyandattentiveness,tobecelebratedandchallengedandreturnedtoagainandagain...anactofconsummateintell
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