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Table of Contents: “…Skinner -- Human Sociobiology: The Essential E.O. Wilson -- A Consilient View of B.F. Skinner and E.O. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Collecting, classifying, and interpreting nature: Linnaeus and Buffon, 1735-1788 -- New specimens: transforming natural history into a scientific discipline, 1760-1840 -- Comparing structure: the key to the order of nature, 1789-1848 -- New tools and standard practices, 1840-1859 -- Darwin's synthesis: the theory of evolution, 1830-1882 -- Studying function: an alternative vision for the science of life, 1809-1900 -- Victorian fascination: the golden age of natural history, 1880-1900 -- New synthesis: the modern theory of evolution, 1900-1950 -- The naturalist as generalist: E.O. Wilson, 1950-1994.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Forest of dreams/ a foreword by E. O. Wilson -- Preface: Flower for a day -- Roots of diversity: The origins of tropical variety -- Guanacaste: Forest reborn -- Frogs: life history strategies in rainforest amphibians -- Rarity: why rare species are common in the tropics -- The essence of snake: the foraging tactics of serpents -- Monteverde: higher & drier -- Fruits of reason: Interpreting the meaning of tropical fruit -- Tails of glory: the ecology of prehensile tails -- Salts of the earth: nutrient cycles in tropical forests -- Hermits & heliconias: the microcosm of plant & animal coevolution -- Termites & tamanduas: the role of wood eating in tropical ecology -- The hidden: the adaptive coloration of prey & predators -- Osa: where wilderness remains -- The virtues of sloth: adaptation to life in the canopy -- Beetlejuice: Chemical defense by insects & other arthropods -- el tigre: why jaguars are the ultimate predator -- Beyond the gun: a journey into virgin Amazonia.…”

“…Lord of the ants : naturalist E.O. Wilson…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The beast within -- How ethology became popular -- The alchemy of aggression -- Weapons created man -- The biology of love -- The aggression debate -- Sociobiology and pop ethology: contextualizing E. O. Wilson -- Genes and gender: the sociobiology debate -- Conclusion: On the shores of Lake Turkana.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the return of epic science -- Seeking what is good in wonder -- The book of nature and the book of science : Richard Dawkins on wonder -- E.O. Wilson's ionian enchantment : a tale of two realities -- Evolutionary enchantment and denatured religious naturalism -- Anthropic and anthropocene narratives of the new cosmology -- Genesis 2.0 : the epic of evolution as religion of reality -- Making sense of wonder.…”
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Table of Contents: “…E.O. Wilson -- Francis Collins -- Sam Harris -- Karen Armstrong -- Andrew Newberg -- John Haught -- Richard Dawkins -- Simon Conway Morris -- Ronald Numbers -- Alan Wallace -- Daniel Dennett -- Ken Wilber -- Robert Wright -- Elaine Pagels -- Nidhal Guessoum -- Rebecca Goldstein & Steven Pinker -- Paul Davies -- Steven Weinberg -- Stuart Kauffman -- Jane Goodall.…”

Table of Contents: “…Environmental hermeneutics deep in the forest / John van Buren -- Morrow's ants: E. O. Wilson and Gadamer's critique of (natural) historicism / Mick Smith -- Layering: body, building, biography / Robert Mugerauer -- Might nature be interpreted as a "saturated phenomenon"? …”

Table of Contents: “…Introduction by John Brockman -- Evolvability / Richard Dawkins -- Genomic imprinting / David Haig -- A full-force storm with gale winds blowing / Robert Trivers -- What evolution is / Ernst Mayr (with an introduction by Jared Diamond) -- Genetics plus time / Steve Jones (in conversation with Edge) -- A united biology / E. O. Wilson (with an introduction by Steven Pinker) -- Is life analog or digital? …”