Name: Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
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Author: Edward O. Wilson
ISBN: 9781631492525

portada Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edward O. Wilson

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781631492525

Synopsis "Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life"

In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. In this visionary blueprint for saving the planet (Stephen Greenblatt), Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. Identifying actual regions of the planet that can still be reclaimed--such as the California redwood forest, the Amazon River basin, and grasslands of the Serengeti, among others--Wilson puts aside the prevailing pessimism of our times and speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all (Oliver Sacks).

Edward O. Wilson

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E.O. Wilson (born June 10, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; died December 26, 2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts) was an American biologist recognized as the world's leading authority on ants. He was also the leading advocate of sociobiology, the study of the genetic basis of social behavior in all animals, including humans.

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