The Diversity of Life

Edward O. Wilson

    Violent Nature, Resilient Life

    Storm over the Amazon
    Krakatau
    The Great Extinctions

    Biodiversity Rising

    The Fundamental Unit
    New Species
    The Forces of Evolution
    Adaptive Radiation
    The Unexplored Biosphere
    The Creation of Ecosystems
    Biodiversity Reaches the Peak

    The Human Impact

    The Life and Death of Species
    Biodiversity Threatened
    Unmined Riches
    Resolution
    The Environmental Ethic

    Notes
    Glossary
    Acknowledgments
    Credits
    Index

  • Cover: The Diversity of Life
  • A photo of the author

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.