Volume 2 · Part II · 1984
Biophilia
Wilson, Edward O.
Published 1984
Author(s) Wilson, Edward O.
LC Class QH75 .W534 1984
LCCN 84009052
Summary
Wilson opens in a small clearing in Surinam, using the moment to show how a trained naturalist perceives a landscape as dense with living detail invisible to the casual observer. The essay establishes the book's method: beginning from vivid personal experience in the field and moving outward toward general reflection on humanity's relationship with the rest of life.
Table of Contents
- Bernhardsdorp
- The Superorganism
- The Time Machine
- The Bird of Paradise
- The Poetic Species
- The Serpent
- The Right Place
- The Conservation Ethic
- Surinam
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