A landmark collected edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author
and world-renowned biologist, illuminating the marvels of biodiversity
in a time of climate crisis and mass extinction.
Library of America presents three environmental classics from two-time
Pulitzer Prize-winner E. O. Wilson, a masterful writer-scientist whose
graceful prose is equal to his groundbreaking discoveries. These books
illuminate the evolution and complex beauty of our imperiled ecosystems
and the flora, fauna, and civilization they sustain, even as they reveal
the personal evolution of one of the greatest scientific minds of our
age. Here are the lyrical, thought-provoking essays of Biophilia, a
field biologist's reflections on the manifold meanings of wilderness.
Here too is his magisterial, dazzlingly informative Diversity of Life
a sweeping tour of global biodiversity and a prophetic call to preserve
the planet, filled on every page with little-known creatures, unique
habitats, and fascinating ecological detail. Also included is Wilson's
moving autobiography, Naturalist. Following him from his outdoor
boyhood in Alabama and the Florida panhandle to the rainforests of
Surinam and New Guinea--from his first discoveries as a young ant
specialist to his emergence as a champion of conservation and
rewilding--it rounds out a collection that will inspire wonder,
curiosity, and love for a natural world now rapidly disappearing.
Thirty-two pages of photographs and numerous illustrations accompany
these works, which are introduced by David Quammen, one of America's
leading science and nature writers.
