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Edward Osborne Wilson (born 10 June 1929 ) is an entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998) 1.2 The Diversity of Life 1.3 Gaia Atlas of Planet...


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Name: Edward Osborne Wilson
Birth Date: June 10, 1929
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: biologist, author, educator

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The American biologist Edward O. Wilson (born 1929) is a leading authority on ants and social insects and an influential theorist of the biological basis of social behavior. He promotes the controversial discipline of sociobiology, which he co-founded....
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World-renowned entomologist Edward O. Wilson is nicknamed "Dr. Ant," but his achievements impact much of the field of biology. He is co-founder of the modern field of sociobiology, believed by some to be one of the great paradigms of science, which has...


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Wilson, Edward O.(1929 s work and thinking can be found in Michael Ruse, Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction? (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999). Also informative, not only about Wilson but about his various colleagues,...
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1929- American Biologist Edward O. Wilson is a specialist in ant biology at Harvard University. He first gained renown among biologists for his discovery of ants' ability to communicate using chemicals called pheromones. He gained even greater...
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Edward O. Wilson developed the field of sociobiology. American Biologist 1929- Edward Osborne Wilson was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Wilson originated the field of science called sociobiology, which argues that social...
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Edward Osborne Wilson (1929 – ) American Zoologist and Behavioral and Evolutionary Biologist Summary
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Edward O. Wilson Jr. () Edward Osborne Wilson was born on June 10, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama, and is one of the foremost authorities on the ecology, systematics, and...
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Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist (Myrmecology, a branch of entomology), researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), and naturalist (conservationism). Wilson is known for his career as a...


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The Scientist
E.O. Wilson
01/19/2004: 905 words, approx. 3 pages
FIRST PERSON Ed Wilson is wearing a beige windbreaker and a sheepish grin-he's late for his interview. "Forgive me," he says. It's an unnecessary request. For E.O. Wilson, an ant specialist turned evolutionary biologist, blind in one eye, nearly deaf in one ear,...
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E.O. WILSON; Natural Man
06/25/2000: 682 words, approx. 2 pages
If the name E.O. Wilson rings with familiarity--two little vowels, eeh! oh!, heralding a six-legged surname--it is because he is a special breed of scientist. He is an expert in the diminutive but a theoretician of the large: a world-renowned entomologist, prize- winning writer,...
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Atheists split over message
3/31/2007: 869 words, approx. 3 pages
Atheists are under attack these days for being too militant, for not just disbelieving in religious faith but for trying to eradicate it. And who's leveling these accusations? Other atheists, it turns out.Among the millions of Americans who don't believe God exists, there's a split...
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Climate skeptics say debate stifled
12/13/2007: 1,029 words, approx. 3 pages
The head of the U.N. panel on climate change compared him to Hitler. Another leading scientist called him a parasite. A third described his latest book as a "stealth attack" on mankind.The list of allegations against Bjoern Lomborg, one of the world's leading climate change...
 


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