Letters to a young scientist / Edward O. Wilson.
Part philosophy, part instruction, part biology, in this book Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780871403773 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 244 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | You made the right choice -- The path to follow. First passion, then training ; Mathematics ; The path to follow -- The creative process. What is science? ; The creative process ; What it takes ; Most likely to succeed ; I never changed ; Archetypes of the scientific mind ; Scientists as explorers of the universe -- A life in science. A mentor and the start of a career ; The grails of field biology ; A celebration of audacity ; Know your subject, thoroughly -- Theory and the big picture. Science as universal knowledge ; Searching for new worlds on Earth ; The making of theories ; Biological theory on a grand scale ; Theory in the real world -- Truth and ethics. The scientific ethic. |
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Subject: | Wilson, Edward O. > Correspondence. Biologists > United States > Correspondence. Naturalists > United States > Correspondence. Science. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 502.3 WIL (Text) | 33123009233728 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |