Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

New
Illustrated
2016
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History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending Sixth Extinction is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Half-Earth is a resounding conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun by the splendid (Financial Times) The Social Conquest of Earth (ISBN 978 0 87140 363 6) and engaging and highly readable (Times Higher Education) The Meaning of Human Existence (ISBN 978 0 87140 100 7).

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History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending Sixth Extinction is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Half-Earth is a resounding conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun by the splendid (Financial Times) The Social Conquest of Earth (ISBN 978 0 87140 363 6) and engaging and highly readable (Times Higher Education) The Meaning of Human Existence (ISBN 978 0 87140 100 7).

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Liveright
Published: 08 Apr 2016
ISBN 10: 1631490826
ISBN 13: 9781631490828

Media Reviews

...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy... -- BBC Wildlife
Listen up: it could literally mean the world to us. -- Karen Shook, New and noteworthy - Times Higher Education
As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is a much-needed antidote to the views of those who assert that our worldly woes are exaggerated and that everything is tickety-boo in the Garden of Eden. -- The Observer
... in his new, important work Half-Earth... Wilson's gauntlet has been thrown: let the revolution begin. -- Geographical

Author Bio

Edward O. Wilson is the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, a novel, and The Meaning of Human Existence, a finalist for the National Book Award. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lives with his wife, Irene, in Lexington, Massachusetts.