{"title":"Edward O. Wilson","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Edward O. Wilson collection, where science, philosophy, and the wonders of nature converge. Edward O. Wilson, a renowned biologist and author, has captivated readers with his insightful exploration of the natural world and humanity's place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelve into \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#biophilia\"\u003eBiophilia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, a pioneering work that passionately explores our innate connection to the natural world, or discover the compelling vision in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#half-earth\"\u003eHalf-Earth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, which advocates dedicating half of the planet's surface to nature. In \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#genesis\"\u003eGenesis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Wilson examines the profound origins of the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those curious about personal growth within the scientific domain, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#letters-to-a-young-scientist\"\u003eLetters to a Young Scientist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e offers Wilson's wealth of wisdom and inspiration. Contrastingly, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#on-human-nature\"\u003eOn Human Nature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#the-meaning-of-human-existence\"\u003eThe Meaning of Human Existence\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e delve into philosophical inquiries, examining our evolutionary and existential fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#the-origins-of-creativity\"\u003eThe Origins of Creativity\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#the-poetic-species\"\u003eThe Poetic Species\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e venture into the interplay between science and the arts, revealing the creative nuances that propel human advancement. In \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"#the-social-conquest-of-earth\"\u003eThe Social Conquest of Earth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Wilson investigates the evolutionary mechanisms that shaped human societies and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdward O. Wilson's works are a treasure trove of scientific knowledge and philosophical musings, perfect for those eager to explore the depths of the natural and human worlds. Engage with this collection to enrich your understanding and appreciation of life's intricate tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"genesis-by-edward-o-wilson-9780141990231","title":"Genesis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf all species that have ever existed on Earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation—us. Why? In \u003cem\u003eGenesis\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual reproduction to the development of language itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe only way for us to fully understand human behaviour, Wilson argues, is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, he demonstrates that at least seventeen—from the African naked mole rat and the sponge-dwelling shrimp to one of the oldest species on Earth, the termite—have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism, cooperation and the division of labour. These rare eusocial species form the prehistory to our human social patterns, even, according to Wilson, suggesting the possible biological benefits of homosexuality and elderly grandmothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether writing about midges who dance about like acrobats, schools of anchovies who protectively huddle to appear like a gigantic fish, or well-organised flocks becoming potentially immortal, \u003cem\u003eGenesis\u003c\/em\u003e is a pathbreaking work of evolutionary theory filled with lyrical observations. It will make us rethink how we became who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342629327084,"sku":"9780141990231","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14704293482238.jpg?v=1743925884"},{"product_id":"the-origins-of-creativity-by-edward-o-wilson-9780141986340","title":"The Origins of Creativity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,\u003c\/em\u003e begins Edward Wilson's sweeping examination of the humanities and their relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as palaeontology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Palaeolithic Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a surprising range of creative endeavours—the instinct to create gardens; the use of metaphors and irony in speech; or the power of music and song—Wilson proposes a transformational 'Third Enlightenment' in which the blending of science and the humanities will enable us to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition, and how it ultimately originated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46555656618220,"sku":"9780141986340","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14665383482238.jpg?v=1750107228"},{"product_id":"biophilia-by-edward-o-wilson-9780674074422","title":"Biophilia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiophilia\u003c\/em\u003e is Edward O. Wilson's most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilson argues that our natural affinity for life—biophilia—is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all other living species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854073319660,"sku":"9780674074422","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27331893482427.jpg?v=1759233419"},{"product_id":"half-earth-by-edward-o-wilson-9781631492525","title":"Half-Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003cem\u003evisionary blueprint for saving the planet\u003c\/em\u003e (Stephen Greenblatt), \u003cem\u003eHalf-Earth\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdentifying 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 \u003cem\u003espeaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all\u003c\/em\u003e (Oliver Sacks).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854565003500,"sku":"9781631492525","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631492525.jpg?v=1759247285"},{"product_id":"the-poetic-species-by-robert-hass-9781934137727","title":"The Poetic Species","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Enchanting... \u003cem\u003eThe Poetic Species\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely stimulating.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Popova, \u003cem\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of \"consilience\" or the unity of knowledge, finds an ardent interlocutor in Robert Hass, whose credo as United States poet laureate was \"imagination makes communities.\" As they explore the many ways that poetry and science enhance each other, they travel from anthills to ancient Egypt and to the heights and depths of human potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA testament to how science and the arts can join forces to educate and inspire, this book is also a passionate plea for conservation of all the planet's species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward O. Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e, a biologist, naturalist, and bestselling author, has received more than 100 awards from around the world, including the Pulitzer Prize. A professor emeritus at Harvard University, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Hass\u003c\/strong\u003e' poetry is rooted in the landscapes of his native northern California. He has been awarded the MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He is a professor of English at University of California-Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855167967468,"sku":"9781934137727","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e36364dd0d96bb9543127f3067715e6d.jpg?v=1759279638"},{"product_id":"letters-to-a-young-scientist-by-edward-o-wilson-9780871403858","title":"Letters to a Young Scientist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the collapse of stars to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans' depths, Wilson instils 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855801733356,"sku":"9780871403858","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6535163482498.jpg?v=1759278279"},{"product_id":"on-human-nature-by-edward-o-wilson-9780674016385","title":"On Human Nature","description":"In his new preface E. 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Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence. Once criticized for his over-reliance on genetics, Wilson unfurls his most expansive and advanced theories on human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether attempting to explicate \"the Riddle of the Human Species\", warning of \"the Collapse of Biodiversity\", or creating a plausible \"Portrait of E.T.\", Wilson believes that humanity holds a special position in the known universe. Alarmed, however, that we are about to abandon natural selection by redesigning biology and human nature as we wish them, Wilson concludes that advances in science and technology bring us our greatest moral dilemma in millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Human Existence\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the profound implications of the rapid advancements in science and technology on human nature and the future of our species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000794890476,"sku":"9780871401007","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6506653482498.jpg?v=1763305565"},{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-human-existence-by-edward-o-wilson-9781631491146","title":"The Meaning of Human Existence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Human Existence\u003c\/em\u003e, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson grapples with these and other existential questions, examining what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once called \"the rainbow colors\" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Wilson takes his readers on a journey, in the process bridging science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence—from our earliest inception to a provocative look at what the future of mankind portends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing his groundbreaking examination of our \"Anthropocene Epoch,\" which he began with \u003cem\u003eThe Social Conquest of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, described by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a sweeping account of the human rise to domination of the biosphere,\" here Wilson posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a systematic, indeed, testable way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce criticized for a purely mechanistic view of human life and an overreliance on genetic predetermination, Wilson presents in \u003cem\u003eThe Meaning of Human Existence\u003c\/em\u003e his most expansive and advanced theories on the sovereignty of human life, recognising that, even though the human and the spider evolved similarly, the poet's sonnet is wholly different from the spider's web. Whether attempting to explicate \"The Riddle of the Human Species,\" \"Free Will,\" or \"Religion\"; warning of \"The Collapse of Biodiversity\"; or even creating a plausible \"Portrait of E.T.,\" Wilson does indeed believe that humanity holds a special position in the known universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe human epoch that began in biological evolution and passed into pre-, then recorded, history is now more than ever before in our hands. Yet alarmed that we are about to abandon natural selection by redesigning biology and human nature as we wish them, Wilson soberly concludes that advances in science and technology bring us our greatest moral dilemma since God stayed the hand of Abraham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000794956012,"sku":"9781631491146","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/06d81bb65995bd0eccb9217b7d39a68c.jpg?v=1763323275"},{"product_id":"the-social-conquest-of-earth-by-edward-o-wilson-9780871403636","title":"The Social Conquest of Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while \u003cem\u003eoverturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eDiscover\u003c\/em\u003e magazine).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRefashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behaviour to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. 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