E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson, usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalistand author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is considered to be the world's leading expert...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth10 June 1929
CountryUnited States of America
two challenges majority
The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
christian teaching generosity
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
animal fields tiny
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan.
rest-of-life land humanity
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
growing-up bugs periods
One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.
character people quality
I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.
writing thinking nonfiction
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
real views effort
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.
land ecosystems ants
In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
choices growth environmental
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
senior school careers
I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
struggle religion atheism
Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
done ants saws
Sstudying ants just quickly became part of me because I was allowed to wander, explore and find things and figure things out myself. And I saw how much was there and what could be done and how I could make a life of it.
knowing humanity spirituality
Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.