E.O. Wilson: Best Selling Author and Two Time Pulitzer Prize Winner
Books
The Future of Life
On Human Nature
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EDWARD O. WILSON
March 15, 2005
Lecture at 3:00pm in Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium followed by a reception/book signing
Hosts: Division of Biology, Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Sponsored by: The Office of the Chancellor
INTRODUCTION by Neil Greenberg
Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University, is one of the most highly respected scientists in the world today. Hailed as "the new Darwin" by Thomas Wolfe, and one of "America's 25 Most Influential People" by Time Magazine, he has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, (once for The Ants and a second for On Human Nature).
His The Diversity of Life (1992), which brought together knowledge of the magnitude of biodiversity and the threats to it, had a major public impact. Today he continues entomological and environmental research at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998) draws together the sciences, humanities, and the arts into a broad study of human knowledge. His book, The Future of Life (2002), offers a plan for saving Earth's biological heritage. Wilson has received some 75 awards in international recognition for his contributions to science and humanity, including the U.S. National Medal of Science (1976), Japan's International Prize for Biology (1993), the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1990), the French Prix du Institut de la Vie (1990), Germany's Terrestrial Ecology Prize (1987), Saudi Arabia's King Faisal International Prize for Science (2000), and the Franklin Medal of the American Philosophical Society (1999). For his conservation work he has received the Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society and the Gold Medal of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He is also the recipient of 27 honorary doctoral degrees from North America and Europe.
BIOGRAPHY of ED WILSON from "Save America's Forests"
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