Edward Osborne Wilson (natus Birminghamiae Alabamae die 10 Iunii 1929; mortuus Burlingtoniae in Massachusetta die 26 Decembris 2021^[1])), plerumque E. O. Wilson citatus, fuit biologus, theorista, naturalista, auctor, et scriptor mythistoriarum Americanus. Myrmecologiam praecipue attendit, studium formicarum (et aliorum insectorum socialium), cuius disciplinae ipse fuit peritissimus.^[2][3]

Suasor circumiectorum naturalium curandorum, suarum notionum humanistico-saecularium et deisticarum de rebus religiosis ethicisque causa,^[4] pater sociobiologiae ac pater notionis biodiversitatis vulgo appellabatur.^[5]

Maiora opera

• 1956. Character displacement. Systematic Zoology 5(2): 49–64, cum William Brown Jr. JSTOR 2411924. doi:10.2307/2411924.
• 1967. The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press. Reimpressus 2001, ISBN 0-691-08836-5, cum Robert H. MacArthur.
• 1971. The Insect Societies. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-45490-1.
• 1975. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. Iterum impressus 2000. ISBN 0-674-00089-7.
• 1979. On Human Nature. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01638-6.
• 1981. Genes, Mind and Culture: The Coevolutionary Process. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-34475-8.
• 1983. Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of Mind. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-71445-8.
• 1984. Biophilia. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-07441-6.
• 1990. Success and Dominance in Ecosystems: The Case of the Social Insects. Inter-Research. ISSN 0932-2205.
• 1990. The Ants. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-04075-9. Praemium Pulitzer. Cum Bert Hölldobler.
• 1992. The Diversity of Life. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-21298-3. The Diversity of Life: Special Edition. ISBN 0-674-21299-1.
• 1993. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Shearwater Books. ISBN 1-55963-148-1. Cum Stephen R. Kellert.
• 1994. Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-48525-4. Cum Bert Hölldobler.
• 1994. Naturalist. Shearwater Books. ISBN 1-55963-288-7.
• 1996. In Search of Nature. Shearwater Books. ISBN 1-55963-215-1. Cum Laura Simonds Southworth.
• 1998. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Novi Eboraci: Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45077-7.
• 2002. The Future of Life. Novi Eboraci: Knopf. ISBN 0-679-45078-5.
• 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00293-8.
• 2005. From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton.
• 2006. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06217-5.
• 2006. Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949–2006. ISBN 0-8018-8329-6.
• 2009. The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06704-0. Cum Bert Hölldobler.
• 2010. Anthill: A Novel. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-07119-1.
• 2010. Kingdom of Ants: Jose Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World. Baltimorae: Johns Hopkins University Press. Cum José María Gómez Durán.
• 2011. The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-33868-3. Cum Bert Hölldobler.
• 2012. The Social Conquest of Earth. Novi EboraciL Liveright Publishing Corporation. ISBN 0871403633.
• 2014. Letters to a Young Scientist. Novi Eboraci: Liveright. ISBN 0871403854.
• 2014. A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk through Gorongosa National Park. Novi Eboraci: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1476747415.
• 2014. The Meaning of Human Existence. Liveright, ISBN 0871401002.
• 2016. Half-Earth. Liveright. ISBN 978-1-63149-082-8.
• 2017. The Origins of Creativity. Liveright. ISBN 978-1-63149-318-8.

Opera edita

• 2010. From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin's Four Great Books. Novi Eboraci: W. W. Norton.

Nexus interni

• Consilientia
• Humanismus scientificus
• Instinctus naturae
• Oecologia
• Psychologia evolutionaria

Notae

Bibliographia

• Eberhard, Mary Jane West. 1976. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis by Edward O. Wilson. Quarterly Review of Biology 51(1): 89–92. JSTOR 2825238.
• May, Robert M. 1976. Sociobiology: a new synthesis and an old quarrel. Nature 260(1550): 390–392, 1 Aprilis 1976. PMID 11643303. doi:10.1038/260390a0.
• Wilson, E. O. 1975. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00089-7. OCLC 42289674.

Nexus externi

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• Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (2000). Catalogus, Harvard University Press.
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• E. O. Wilson Foundation.
• Dawkins, Richard (24 Maii 2012). "The Descent of Edward Wilson". Prospect . Recognitio libri The Social Conquest of Earth.