Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–) is an American biologist, the world's leading authority on ants, who has explored biogeography.
Keywords: biogeography; social behavior; consilience of inductions
Wilson, Edward Osborne
Michael Ruse, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Published online: September 2006
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0006244
| Further Reading | |
| book MacArthur RH and Wilson EO (1967) The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. | |
| book Ruse M (1996) Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Ruse M (1998) Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy, 2nd edn. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. | |
| book Ruse M (1999) Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Wilson EO (1971) The Insect Societies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Wilson EO (1975) Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Wilson EO (1978) On Human Nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Wright R (1987) Three Scientists and their Gods. New York: Times Books. | |
| book Wilson EO (1992) The Diversity of Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | |
| book Wilson EO (1998) Consilience. New York: Knopf. | |
