Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career-both his successes and his failures-and his motivations for becoming a biologist. At a time in human history when our survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill, but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it. From…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-87140-377-3
- EAN: 9780871403773
- Produktnummer: 13776174
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H15.0 cm x B18.7 cm x D2.2 cm 300 g
- Abbildungen: 21 illustrations
- Gewicht: 300
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Edward O. Wilson is the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, a novel, and The Meaning of Human Existence, a finalist for the National Book Award. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lives with his wife, Irene, in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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