On human nature

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Label

On human nature

Statement of responsibility

Edward O. Wilson ; with a new preface

Creator

• trueWilson, Edward O

Subject

• Evolutie
• trueGenetics -- Influence
• Human Characteristics
• trueHuman behavior
• trueHuman nature
• Mensen
• trueSocial Darwinism
• Social Darwinism
• Sociobiologie
• Sociobiology
• trueSociobiology

Language

eng

Summary

In his new preface E.O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueAccessible

Award

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 1979.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

304.5

Index

index present

Intended audience

1510L

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

GN365.9

LC item number

.W54 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography