Editorial Liveright
Fecha de edición mayo 2014 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780871403858
256 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career both his successes and his failures and his motivations for becoming a biologist. At a time when our survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it. From the collapse of stars to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans' depths, Wilson instills a love of the innate creativity of science and a respect for the human being's modest place in the planet's ecosystem, in his readers.
EDWARD O. WILSON (1929-2021) fue autor de más de treinta libros que incluyen Anthill, Cartas a un joven científico y The Conquest of Nature. Ganador de dos premios Pulitzer, Wilson fue profesor emérito en la Universidad de Harvard.
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