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Letters To A Young Scientist

by Edward O. Wilson
- Hardcover, 244 pages
The Social Conquest of Earth

by Edward O. Wilson
- Hardcover, 330 pages
The Rarest of the Rare

Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

by Edward O. Wilson, Nancy Pick et al.
- Hardcover, 178 pages
The Meaning of Human Existence

by Edward O. Wilson
- Hardcover, 207 pages

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Puzzle pieces unite.

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

A Quest For The Unattainable Unification Of Knowledge

December 3, 2014 • There is no reason to expect that we can get to the ultimate nature of reality, says physicist Marcelo Gleiser. We must learn to live with the mystery, with the fact that we cannot know everything.

An Unnecessary Woman

All the Light We Cannot See

Redeployment

Book News & Features

Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award

October 15, 2014 • On Tuesday night, finalists for the National Book Awards read from their nominated works at The New School in New York City. The National Book Foundation will announce the winners Wednesday night.

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An Unnecessary Woman

All the Light We Cannot See

Redeployment

Book News & Features

Get To Know The Finalists For The 2014 National Book Award

October 15, 2014 • On Tuesday night, finalists for the National Book Awards read from their nominated works at The New School in New York City. The National Book Foundation will announce the winners Wednesday night.

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Northern animals vs. Southern animals

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Krulwich Wonders...

Look What You've Done, North America!

July 25, 2013 • When the Isthmus of Panama connected North and South America, two independent dynasties of horses, rhinos, elephants, shrews, weasels, cats and dogs were free to mingle, fight, dominate or die. Who won?

Letters to a Young Scientist

The Sunday Conversation

Advice On Passion, Brilliance And Bugs In 'Letters'

April 14, 2013 • Biologist and Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson has spent his lifetime making scientific discoveries and writing award-winning, best-selling books on science. His new book, inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, gives advice gleaned from his career in science.

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Hidden Treasures

Harvard's Indispensable Specimens

August 10, 2005 • The back rooms at a Harvard University museum are filled with millions of items that will never be displayed. But curators just can't bring themselves to throw anything away.

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