Biophilia

Author(s)

• Wilson, Edward Osborne

Bibliographic Information

Biophilia

Edward O. Wilson

Harvard University Press, 1984

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [147]-157

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780674074415

Description

View a video on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities"

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780674074422

Description

Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life-biophilia-is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living species.

Table of Contents

*1. Prologue *2. Bernhardsdorp *3. The Superoganism *4. The Time Machine *5. The Bird of Paradise *6. The Poetic Species *7. The Serpent *8. The Right Place *9. The Conservation Ethic *10. Surinam * Reading Notes * Acknowledgments

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Details

• NCID: BA01286842
• ISBN:
  • 0674074416
  • 0674074424
• LCCN: 84009052
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: 157 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH75
  • DC19 : 333.95/16
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nature conservation
  • LCSH : Biology -- Philosophy