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Volume 1 · Part IV

Biology, Genetics & the Scientist

The philosophy of biology, gene-culture coevolution, and Wilson's own life as a naturalist.

Part IV · Chapters 13–15

Biology, Genetics & the Scientist

The philosophy of biology, gene-culture coevolution, and Wilson's own life as a naturalist.

Chapter 13

Philosophy of Biology

Consilience, reductionism, and the unity of knowledge

Chapter 14

Genetics & Gene-Culture Coevolution

Epigenetic rules and the circuit binding genes to culture

Chapter 15

Naturalist

The making of a scientist, from the Gulf Coast to the biosphere