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Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Tim - Goodreads

The Diversity of Life is more or less The Short History of Time of evolutionary ecology and biological diversity but with a disturbing twist. The cosmos and its workings are hardly threatened by man ... Read full review

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User Review  - Henning Koch - Goodreads

Edward O. Wilson can be slightly creaky as a writer, but he is a scientist after all, and what he is able to express are his creative scientific thoughts. His description of a rainforest at night is remarkable, it lingers. Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Samuel Viana - Goodreads

I read this book many years when I was a biology student I feel amazed by Wilson's simplicity and wonderfulness in his writing style. Edward Wilson, is as a good as a scientist as a writer and ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Eppursimuov3 - Goodreads

Edward O. Wilson is a well-known biologist. The Diversity of Life, one of his most popular books, is a sweeping analysis of biodiversity on our planet – its origins, the forces that threaten to ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Nola - Goodreads

This book does an excellent job of putting the current state of biodiversity in context, both of deep time and the immediate perspective. There are very clear explanations of ecological concepts. The ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Florence Millo - Goodreads

I really should have given this book 5 stars because it is such a complete book on the diversity of life. But I gave it only 4 because it is too complete, each topic worked over and over again until ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Sharon - Goodreads

He is much more hopeful than I am. I believe we are doomed to destroy every natural resource, every tree, every bit of oil, every mineral, every food source-everything! Humans will not stop having babies and will not stop the destruction of the Earth. Read full review

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User Review  - Sara Dyck - Goodreads

This is a book rich with scientific detail about how biodiversity arose on the planet, how some species adapt, why others are forced to extinction by humans, and why that matters. Many ecological ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Jim Talbott - Goodreads

This is a tremendously engaging book but also incredibly disheartening to start to recognize the scale of mass extinction humans are perpetrating on the planet. Some of the science is a little bit ... Read full review

Review: The Diversity of Life

User Review  - Colleen - Goodreads

EO Wilson is just excellent. Writer. Ant Entomologist. Ecologist. This 400 page paperback is an introduction to biogeography, paleontology (including paleobotany), how humans are impacting various ... Read full review

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