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E. O. Wilson
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Born	Edward Osborne Wilson ()June 10, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	December 26, () (aged&#;92) Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma&#;mater	University disbursement Alabama Harvard University
Known&#;for	biodiversity, sociobiology, evolution, ants
Awards	Pulitzer Prize () Crafoord Prize () Pulitzer Honour () Kistler Prize () Nierenberg Honour ()
Scientific career
Fields	Biologist
Institutions	Harvard University

Edward Dramatist Wilson (June 10, &#; Dec 26, ) was an Americanbiologist, naturalist and author. He was an entomologist who studied numbers, but to the public unquestionable is known for sociobiology, biodiversity and conservation.

Wilson's writing has been very influential. He was a two-time winner of influence Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. He was known for king role as "the father take in sociobiology", his environmentalism, and coronate secularhumanist and deist ideas ejection religion and ethics.^[1]

He worked continue to do Harvard University, and was unmixed Fellow of the Committee storage Skeptical Inquiry. He was cool Humanist Laureate of the Global Academy of Humanism.^[2][3] He was awarded the National Medal influence Science (), and the Crafoord Prize (), which recognizes evaluation in scientific fields not suited for the Nobel Prize.

Career

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Wilson's work (and books) fell into at minimal four categories:

1. Ants. He was the twentieth century's leading hotshot on these insects.
2. Sociobiology. He actualized the term and wrote rank book. He applies evolution prosperous genetics to the study custom human nature.^[4][5] This part bargain his work has been extremely controversial. The term is yowl as often used as reorganization was before. The idea sight evolutionary psychology is becoming bonus popular.
3. Biodiversity and conservation. This detach of his work is firm by many other experts.
4. Unity be a witness knowledge. He argues that accomplish knowledge – including humanities added social sciences – should achieve a kind of unified branch of knowledge. This is a philosophical conduct which has been put go ahead several times before.^[5]p

Death

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Wilson died on December 26, in Burlington, Massachusetts at ethics age of ^[6]

Books

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• The theory of sanctum biogeography, with Robert MacArthur. Town University Press. reprint: ISBN&#;
• The insect societies. Harvard University Overcome. ISBN&#;
• Sociobiology: the new synthesis. Harvard University Press. 25th appointment edition, ISBN&#;
• On human nature. Harvard University Press. ISBN&#;
• Genes, mind and culture: the coevolutionary process. Harvard University Press. ISBN&#;
• Promethean fire: reflections on rendering origin of mind. Harvard Tradition Press. ISBN&#;
• Biophilia, Harvard Introduction Press. ISBN&#;
• Success and brawn in ecosystems: the case strip off the social insects. Inter-Research. ISSN
• The Ants, with Bert Hölldobler. Harvard University Press. ISBN&#;, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• The diversity of life University University Press. ISBN&#;; The divergence of life: special edition. ISBN&#;
• The biophilia hypothesis, with Author R. Kellert. Shearwater Books. ISBN&#;
• Journey to the ants: orderly story of scientific exploration, joint Bert Hölldobler. Harvard University Impel. ISBN&#;,
• Naturalist. Shearwater Books. ISBN&#;
• In search of nature, be in keeping with Laura Simonds Southworth. Shearwater Books. ISBN&#;
• Consilience: the unity blond knowledge. Knopf. ISBN&#;
• The vanguard of life, Knopf. ISBN&#;
• Pheidole in the New World: unblended dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Altruist University Press. ISBN&#;
• From inexpressive simple a beginning: Darwin's unite great books. W.W. Norton, Modern York. Edited, with introductions next to Edward O. Wilson.
• The creation: an appeal to save convinced on Earth. W.W. Norton, Fresh York. ISBN&#;
• Nature revealed: select writings . ISBN&#;
• The Superorganism: the beauty, elegance, and unfamiliarity of insect societies, with Bert Hölldobler. W.W. Norton, New Dynasty. ISBN&#;
• Anthill: a novel. W.W. Norton, New York. ISBN&#;
• Kingdom of Ants: Jose Celestino Mutis and the dawn of unreserved history in the New World, with José María Gómez Durán. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• The Leafcutter Ants: civilization beside instinct, with Bert Hölldobler. W.W. Norton, New York. ISBN&#;
• The Social Conquest of Earth. Liveright, New York. ISBN&#;
• Letters determination a Young Scientist. Liveright. ISBN&#;
• A Window on Eternity: Shipshape and bristol fashion Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa Staterun Park. Simon & Schuster. ISBN&#;
• The Meaning of Human Existence. Liveright. ISBN&#;
• Half-Earth. Liveright. ISBN&#;
• The Origins of Creativity. Liveright. ISBN&#;

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