Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson

Fødd10. juni 1929
Birmingham i Alabama
Død26. desember 2021
New Brunswick, Burlington
NasjonalitetUSA
Områdemyrmekologi, Sosiobiologi, naturvitenskap, zoologi, entomologi, Biologisk mangfald, dyreøkologi
Yrkeentomolog, sosiobiolog, romanforfattar, etolog, sjølvbiograf, naturvitar, evolusjonsbiolog, vitskapleg forfattar, biolog, universitetslærar, zoolog, økolog, myrmecologist
InstitusjonarHarvard University
Alma materHarvard University
University of Alabama
DoktorgradsrettleiarFrank M. Carpenter
MedlemDeutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
National Academy of Sciences
Linnean Society of London
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
Ecological Society of America
Royal Society

Edward Osborne Wilson (10. juni 192926. desember 2021) var ein USA-amerikansk biolog oppvaksen i Alabama og Washington D.C., som hovudsakleg er kjend som grunnleggjar av sosiobiologien. Han har òg vore særs viktig i forskinga på maur, i tillegg til å vera ein ivrig talsmann for bevaring av det biologiske mangfaldet.

Hovudverk

  • Brown, W. L.; Wilson, E. O. (1956). «Character displacement». Systematic Zoology 5 (2): 49–64. JSTOR 2411924. doi:10.2307/2411924. , med William Brown Jr.; æra i 1986 som ein Science Citation Classic, dvs. ein av dei mest siterte vitskaplege artiklane nokon gong.[1]
  • The Theory of Island Biogeography, 1967, Princeton University Press (2001 reprint), ISBN 0-691-08836-5, med Robert H. MacArthur
  • The Insect Societies, 1971, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-45490-1
  • Sociobiology: The New Synthesis 1975, Harvard University Press, (Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, 2000 ISBN 0-674-00089-7)
  • On Human Nature, 1979, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-01638-6, vann Pulitzerprisen 1979 for «General Nonfiction».
  • Genes, Mind and Culture: The Coevolutionary Process, 1981, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-34475-8
  • Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of Mind, 1983, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-71445-8
  • Biophilia, 1984, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-07441-6
  • Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects, 1990, Inter-Research, ISSN 0932-2205
  • The Ants, 1990, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-04075-9, vann Pulitzerprisen 1991, med Bert Hölldobler
  • The Diversity of Life, 1992, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-21298-3, The Diversity of Life: Special Edition, ISBN 0-674-21299-1
  • The Biophilia Hypothesis, 1993, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-148-1, med Stephen R. Kellert
  • Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration, 1994, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-48525-4, med Bert Hölldobler
  • Naturalist, 1994, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-288-7
  • In Search of Nature, 1996, Shearwater Books, ISBN 1-55963-215-1, med Laura Simonds Southworth
  • Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, 1998, Knopf, ISBN 0-679-45077-7
  • The Future of Life, 2002, Knopf, ISBN 0-679-45078-5
  • Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus, 2003, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-00293-8
  • The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, September 2006, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-06217-5
  • Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949–2006, ISBN 0-8018-8329-6
  • The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies, 2009, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-06704-0, med Bert Hölldobler
  • Anthill: A Novel, April 2010, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-07119-1
  • Kingdom of Ants: Jose Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World, 2010, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, med José María Gómez Durán ISBN 0-8018-9785-8
  • The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct, 2011, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-33868-3, med Bert Hölldobler
  • The Social Conquest of Earth, 2012, Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, ISBN 0-87140-363-3
  • Letters to a Young Scientist, 2014, Liveright, ISBN 0-87140-385-4
  • A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park, 2014, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 1-4767-4741-5
  • The Meaning of Human Existence, 2014, Liveright, ISBN 0-87140-100-2
  • Half-Earth, 2016, Liveright, ISBN 978-1-63149-082-8
  • The Origins of Creativity, 2017, Liveright, ISBN 978-1-63149-318-8
  • Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies, 2019, Liveright; ISBN 1-63149-554-2
  • Tales from the Ant World, 2020, Liveright, ISBN 978-1-63149-556-4[2][3]
  • Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation November 10, 2020, Island Press; ISBN 978-1-61091-958-6[4]

Som redaktør

  • From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books, red. og forord av Edward O. Wilson (2005, W. W. Norton) ISBN 0-393-06134-5

Kjelder

  1. «William L Brown, Jr. Obituary». Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Arkivert frå originalen July 25, 2015. Henta October 22, 2014. 
  2. Wilson, Edward O. (2020). Tales from the ant world (First utg.). New York, N.Y. ISBN 978-1-63149-556-4. OCLC 1120085214. 
  3. «'Tales from the Ant World' is a fascinating journey». post-gazette.com. November 16, 2020. Henta November 26, 2020. 
  4. Wilson, Edward O.; Ottaviani, Jim (November 10, 2020). Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation. ISBN 978-1-61091-958-6. 
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