Lord of the Ants
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Every so often, a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective of the world. Ed Wilson is such a man. His early fascination with ants launched a dazzling scientific career that led him to lift his eyes from the ground to explain the grand scheme of life itself.
When he wrote his book Sociobiology, tracing the origins of animal social behavior from ants to humans, he had little idea of the controversy it would trigger. Not since Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species has evolutionary biology caused such heated debate.
Undeterred by the furor, he went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Today, he campaigns for biodiversity and fights to conserve the world's endangered species.
When he wrote his book Sociobiology, tracing the origins of animal social behavior from ants to humans, he had little idea of the controversy it would trigger. Not since Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species has evolutionary biology caused such heated debate.
Undeterred by the furor, he went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Today, he campaigns for biodiversity and fights to conserve the world's endangered species.
