The Future of Life
by Wilson, Edward O
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. First printing. Pp xxiv, 229. Index. About near fine. A few red line marginalia (2 found) Modest wear along the jacket and board edges. Not price clipped. Abstract: From one of the world's most influential scientists comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve that rescue. Wilson describes what treasures of the natural world we are about to lose forever, and what we can do to save them. ; 8vo .
Synopsis
Edward O. Wilson is the author of two Pulitzer Prize–winning books, On Human Nature (1978) and The Ants (1990, with Bert Hölldobler), as well as many other groundbreaking works, including Consilience , Naturalist , and Sociobiology . A recipient of many of the world’s leading prizes in science and conservation, he is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife, Renee.
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- E Ridge fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9889
- Title
- The Future of Life
- Author
- Wilson, Edward O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Endangered Species, Nature Conservation, Environmental degradation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference & Textbooks; Exploration, Geography & Maps; Ecology & Conservation;
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