Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for life–biophilia–is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living things.

Author photo: by Jon Chase/Harvard 1996

Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Read More by Edward O. Wilson:

• Sociobiology, Abridged Edition
• The Insect Societies
• The Diversity of Life, Special Edition
• Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
• The Diversity of Life
• The Ants
• Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
• <i>Pheidole</i> in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus
• For Love of Insects
• On Human Nature, Revised Edition, With a new Preface
• The Other Insect Societies
• Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey through Island Biodiversity, Biodiversidad a Través de un Recorrido Fotográfico
• Evolution: The First Four Billion Years
• Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity