{"product_id":"consilience-the-unity-of-knowledge-paperback","title":"Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward O. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of our greatest scientists--and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for \u003ci\u003eOn Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ants--\u003c\/i\u003egives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In \u003ci\u003eConsilience\u003c\/i\u003e (a word that originally meant \"jumping together\"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, \u003ci\u003eConsilience \u003c\/i\u003eis science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them. --The Wall Street Journal \u003cbr\u003eOne of our greatest living scientists--and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants--gives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant \"jumping together\"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. \u003cbr\u003eUsing the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward O. Wilson was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1929. He is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, \u003ci\u003eOn Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ants\u003c\/i\u003e (1990, with Bert Hölldobler), as well as many other groundbreaking works, including \u003ci\u003eConsilience, Naturalist, and Sociobiology.\u003c\/i\u003e A recipient of many of the world's leading prizes in science and conservation, he was a Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He died in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.06 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379589759154,"sku":"9780679768678","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/72a562e09395846c00d698ec10f9ceb2.webp?v=1777766971","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/consilience-the-unity-of-knowledge-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}