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Volume 2 · Part III

Chapter-Level Abstracts

Each book's arguments abstracted chapter by chapter, classified by the Library of Congress system.

Part III · Twenty-four books

Abstracts by book and chapter

Select a book to view its chapter-by-chapter abstracts, each classified by Library of Congress subject.

1967

The Theory of Island Biogeography

8 chapters · 64 abstracts

1971

The Insect Societies

10 chapters · 80 abstracts

1975

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

5 chapters · 43 abstracts

1978

On Human Nature

9 chapters · 72 abstracts

1981

Genes, Mind and Culture

8 chapters · 64 abstracts

1984

Biophilia

9 chapters · 72 abstracts

1990

The Ants

20 chapters · 160 abstracts

1992

The Diversity of Life

15 chapters · 120 abstracts

1994

Journey to the Ants

16 chapters · 128 abstracts

1994

Naturalist

18 chapters · 144 abstracts

1998

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

12 chapters · 96 abstracts

2002

The Future of Life

8 chapters · 64 abstracts

2006

The Creation

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2009

The Superorganism

10 chapters · 80 abstracts

2010

Anthill: A Novel

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2012

The Social Conquest of Earth

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2013

Letters to a Young Scientist

6 chapters · 48 abstracts

2014

The Meaning of Human Existence

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2014

A Window on Eternity

12 chapters · 96 abstracts

2016

Half-Earth

4 chapters · 32 abstracts

2017

The Origins of Creativity

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2019

Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies

7 chapters · 42 abstracts

2020

Tales from the Ant World

5 chapters · 40 abstracts

2021