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Title: Diversity of Life
Author: Edward O Wilson
ISBN: 9780393319408
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 2nd
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Publisher : In this book a master scientist tells the story of how life on earth evolved. Edward O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse and why that diversity is threatened today as never before. A great spasm of extinction — the disappearance of whole species — is occurring now, caused this time entirely by humans. Unlike the deterioration of the physical environment, which can be halted, the loss of biodiversity is a far more complex problem — and it is irreversible. Defining a new environmental ethic, Wilson explains why we must rescue whole ecosystems, not only individual species. He calls for an end to conservation versus development arguments, and he outlines the massive shift in priorities needed to address this challenge. No writer, no scientist, is more qualified than Edward O. Wilson to describe, as he does here, the grandeur of evolution and what is at stake. Engaging and nontechnical prose. . . . Prodigious erudition. . . . Original and fascinating insights. — John Terborgh, New York Review of Books, front page review Eloquent. . . . A profound and enduring contribution. — Alan Burdick, Audubon
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