Letters to a Young Scientist

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career--both his successes and his failures--and his motivations for becoming a biologist. At a time in human history when our survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill, but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it. From the collapse of stars to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans' depths, Wilson instills a love of the innate creativity of science and a respect for the human being's modest place in the planet's ecosystem in his readers.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 04/15/2013
ISBN: 9780871403773
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.80w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/04/2013
Booklist 02/15/2013 pg. 24
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013
Library Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 97
New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 29
Choice 10/01/2013
Shelf Awareness 01/07/2014