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ISBN
9780679450771
Book Title
Consilience : the Unity of Knowledge
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
1998
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Edward O. Wilson
Genre
Philosophy, Science, Psychology, History
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Epistemology, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Width
6.6 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679450777
ISBN-13
9780679450771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
856476

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Book Title
Consilience : the Unity of Knowledge
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Epistemology, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Philosophy, Science, Psychology, History
Author
Edward O. Wilson
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in

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97-002816
Reviews
"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 From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
121
Synopsis
An enormous intellectual adventure. In this groundbreaking new book, the American biologist Edward O. Wilson, considered to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for consilience--the proof that everything in our world is organized in terms of a small number of fundamental natural laws that comprise the principles underlying every branch of learning. Professor Wilson, the pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, now once again breaks out of the conventions of current thinking. He shows how and why our explosive rise in intellectual mastery of the truths of our universe has its roots in the ancient Greek concept of an intrinsic orderliness that governs our cosmos and the human species--a vision that found its apogee in the Age of Enlightenment, then gradually was lost in the increasing fragmentation and specialization of knowledge in the last two centuries. Drawing on the physical sciences and biology, anthropology, psychology, religion, philosophy, and the arts, Professor Wilson shows why the goals of the original Enlightenment are surging back to life, why they are reappearing on the very frontiers of science and humanistic scholarship, and how they are beginning to sketch themselves as the blueprint of our world as it most profoundly, elegantly, and excitingly is.
LC Classification Number
B72.W54 1998

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    Great value. Compelling topic. Fast delivery.

    Science says it’s important. Be quiet. Dr. Ed Wilson (1929-2021) was a legendary evolutionary biologist and wonderful man who tells a great story.

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