On Human Nature

First Edition

Edward O. Wilson

  • Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Preface

1. Dilemma

2. Heredity

3. Development

4. Emergence

5. Aggression

6. Sex

7. Altruism

8. Religion

9. Hope

Glossary

Notes

Index

  • Cover: On Human Nature
  • 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.