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Title: THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
By: Edward O. Wilson, Amy Bartlett Wright (Illus), George Ward (Illus)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 014029161X
ISBN 13: 9780140291612
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 1 April, 2001
Pages: 432
Description: Tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. This work describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. It also addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a look at the work still to be done.
Synopsis: "Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of anything we have known before. In an extensive new foreword for this edition, Professor Wilson addresses the explosion of the field of conservation biology and takes a clear-eyed look at the work still to be done.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
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