On Human Nature
View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed...
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View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674016385 (0674016386)
ASIN: 674016386
Publish date: October 18th 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
2.5 stars for the bad and unorganized writing. I would recommend Pinker's The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature instead of this one. That book was a true delight.
I read On Human Nature because I've never read E.O. Wilson and wanted to better understand what he's about. I'm not a scientist; far from it.But this is pretty easily understandable to the layman. I think I'd have been aided by greater knowledge of the field in order to grasp the impact of social bi...
On human nature - but actually you find out more about E. O. Wilson's nature. Usually he's not nearly as precise as I'd like him to be, and he has the annoying habit of trying to be controversial on purpose, trying to push everyone's buttons. The book is actually a mess of his opinions on pretty muc...
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