Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

Wilson, Edward O.

ISBN 10: 0679450777 / ISBN 13: 9780679450771

Editore: Alfred A. Knoff, 1998

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Dark boards are bound with light teal paper with straight edges and pointed corners. Spine is uncreased with silver titling. Text block is square with deckled pages. Binding is tight. 332p. You can find Wilsons' personalized inscription near the top edge of front fly leaf. Interior is otherwise unmarked with crisp white pages through out. Black and white Dust Jacket is unclipped with bold titling. Edges are creased with lightly peeling corners. Lightly surface scratches present. Overall remains a lovely collectible copy. Codice articolo 106449

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Titolo: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

Casa editrice: Alfred A. Knoff

Data di pubblicazione: 1998

Legatura: Hardcover. 8vo

Condizione: Very Good.

Condizione sovraccoperta: Good.

autografato: Autografato dall'autore

Edizione: 3rd printing.

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Riassunto:

An expert on sociobiology and biodiversity argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge in the face of the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge over the past two centuries

Recensione:

"An original work of synthesis...a program of unrivalled ambition: to unify all the major branches of knowledge--sociology, economics, the arts and religion--under the banner of science." --The New York Times

"As elegant in its prose as it is rich in its ideas...a book of immense importance." --Atlanta Journal & Constitution

"Edward O. Wilson is a hero. . . he has made landmark scientific discoveries and has a writing style to die for. . . . A complex and nuanced argument." --Boston Globe

"One of the clearest and most dedicated popularizers of science since T. H. Huxley ...Mr. Wilson can do the science and the prose." --Time

"An excellent book. Wilson provides superb overviews of Western intellectual history and the current state of understanding in many academic disciplines." Slate

"The Renaissance scholar still lives.... A sensitive, wide-ranging mind discoursing beautifully.... Wilson's buoyant intellectual courage is bracing." --Seattle Weekly
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