I didn't read the book. I listened to it. Having not read it critically, I think I probably enjoyed it more. Wilson described the central issue of the book as a case for "the replacement of inclusive fitness theory (kin selection theory) by multilevel selection theory (i.e., individual and group ...
E.O. Wilson's "The Social Conquest of Earth" is a well-written, engaging, informative book. I can't give it less than 5 stars--highly recommended. Nevertheless I have two bones to pick with it.My first beef is that Wilson's definition of eusociality--at it's core, requiring a "nest"--seems kind o...
I felt like I was always on the cusp of knowing these characters... I did not enjoy the pages and pages and pages detailing the ants. That is just not anything I find interesting. I found the characters very over the top stereotypical, too... I struggled to understand Raff as a real person. There...
I don't know what this book is, but it's definitely not a novel. It's not a fictional memoir, yet it's not nonfiction science. The book reads like a memoir, except for the portion when Raff's senior thesis is read. The senior thesis is good, but it doesn't contribute to the story. There are small...
Wow!A wonderful read.Touted a a Huck Finn book, I was happy to have read this. It details the early part of a young man's life, being attracted to bugs and especially ants. He bends his learning towards knowing more of ants and then law, in order to preserve the tract of land on which these parti...
The book is laid out as a series of short letters or monographs aimed at someone trying to decide if a career in science may be the correct fit for them. It is part advice, part memoir, all colloquial - if you have ever heard Dr. Wilson give an interview or talk, it is the exact same voice. Sec...
Kitap biraz sıkıcı bazı yerlerde bilimsel açıklamalar falan yaptığı için akıcılık yok.Okurken biliadamlarına dair birçok şey öğrendim.En dikkatimi çeken şey ise bilimadamının gördüğünü görmek için konuya onun gözüyle bakmak olduğu.Bunu heryerde uygulayabiliriz.Kitabı farklı pencereler arayan insa...
I think Wilson writes to a popular, non-expert audience. And, while I appreciate his ideas and particularly was struck by the article in changes in theories of fitness in the appendix, I felt as if the book presents itself as simple, so it doesn't need much technical explanation, but it's more co...
ttt Silent SpringMy grandpa once owned a t-shirt that read, “Take only pictures, leave only footprints.” As I began to read through the pages of Silent Spring I thought about that powerful message. I wondered what pictures we will have for our future generations? The author Rachel Carson, who was...
You are likely to respond, Not true, there are also the social sciences and humanities. I know that, of course, I’ve heard it a hundred times, and I’ve always listened carefully. But how different at their foundations are the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities? The social sciences ...