E.o. wilson awards
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
1975 book by biologist E. O. Wilson
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975; 25th anniversary edition 2000) is a book by the biologist E. O. Wilson. It helped start the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies in biology of the 20th century and part of the wider debate about evolutionary psychology and the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology. Wilson popularized the term "sociobiology" as an attempt to explain the evolutionary mechanics behind social behaviour such as altruism, aggression, and the nurturing of the young. It formed a position within the long-running nature versus nurture debate. The fundamental principle guiding sociobiology is that an organism's evolutionary success is measured by the extent to which its genes are represented in the next generation.[1]
The book was generally well-reviewed in biological journals. It received a much more mixed reaction among sociologists, mainly triggered by the brief coverage of the implications of sociobiology for human society in the first and last chapter
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Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature (Paperback)
By Richard Rhodes
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A masterful and timely biography of the hugely influential biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson, one of the most ground-breaking and controversial scientists of our time—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Few biologists have been as productive, ground-breaking, or controversial as Edward Osborne Wilson. At 92 years old, he may be the most eminent American scientist in any field today. Fascinated from an early age by the natural world in general and ants in particular, his field work on them and on all social insects has vastly expanded our knowledge of their many species and fascinating ways of being. This work led to his 1975 book Sociobiology, which created an intellectual firestorm with his contention that all animal behavior, including that of humans, is governed by the laws of evolution and genetics.
Wilson has since become a leading voice on the crucial importance of biodi
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E.O. Wilson (1929 – 2021) by Dr. Stuart Pimm (reprint)
Originally published in Science Magazine, January 27, 2022.
By Stuart Pimm, Board of Advisors, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Edward Osborne Wilson, who wrote extensively on ants and popularized the field of sociobiology, died on 26 December 2021 at age 92. Ed vigorously promoted the idea of biodiversity and understood that the concepts of island biogeography apply to the fragmented habitats pervading much of the world. He titled his autobiography Naturalist and proudly considered himself to be one. Ants were his first love, and he used the insights he gained from studying them to understand the living world and the place of humans in it.
Ed was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on 10 June 1929, and he always celebrated his southern heritage. An early fishing accident left him blind in one eye. Because of this deficit, he was at greatest ease when studying small things, and ants quickly became his passion. He earned his BS and MS degrees in 1950, studying biology at the University of Alabama. After
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