Overview
"History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending ""Sixth Extinction"" is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Half-Earth is a resounding conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun by the ""splendid"" (Financial Times) The Social Conquest of Earth (ISBN 978 0 87140 363 6) and ""engaging and highly readable"" (Times Higher Education) The Meaning of Human Existence (ISBN 978 0 87140 100 7)."
Full Product Details
Author: Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University)
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.525kg
ISBN: 9781631490828
ISBN 10: 1631490826
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 08 April 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy... -- BBC Wildlife Listen up: it could literally mean the world to us. -- Karen Shook, New and noteworthy - Times Higher Education As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is a much-needed antidote to the views of those who assert that our worldly woes are exaggerated and that everything is tickety-boo in the Garden of Eden. -- The Observer ... in his new, important work Half-Earth... Wilson's gauntlet has been thrown: let the revolution begin. -- Geographical
If humankind finds a way to live in peace together, and in harmony with nature, Wilson will have played a unique role in that deliverance.--Jeffrey Sachs
"""...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy..."" -- BBC Wildlife ""Listen up: it could literally mean the world to us."" -- Karen Shook, New and noteworthy - Times Higher Education ""As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is a much-needed antidote to the views of those who assert that our worldly woes are exaggerated and that everything is tickety-boo in the Garden of Eden."" -- The Observer ""... in his new, important work Half-Earth... Wilson's gauntlet has been thrown: let the revolution begin."" -- Geographical"
Author Information
Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021) was the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Conquest of Nature. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson was a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lived with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.
