Revue de presse
"Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all." --Oliver Sacks
"As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is a much-needed antidote to the views of those who assert that our worldly woes are exaggerated..."
--The Observer
"If humankind finds a way to live in peace together, and in harmony with nature, Wilson will have played a unique role in that deliverance." --Jeffrey Sachs
"...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy..."
--BBC Wildlife
"Wilson makes an urgent case for a large, (end)game-changing goal..."
--Times Higher Education
"The true heart of the book is Wilson's hope and deep conviction that only now do we have the intellectual capacity and the deep knowledge to understand the science of habitat loss...Wilson's gauntlet has been thrown: let the revolution begin."
--Geographical
"[Edward O. Wilson] is the true champion of the world's wildlife..." --Resurgence & Ecologist
Présentation de l'éditeur
Half-Earth resoundingly concludes the best-selling trilogy begun by The Social Conquest of Earth and The Meaning of Human Existence, a National Book Award finalist. History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns of a point of no return that is imminent. Angrily challenging the fashionable theories of Anthropocenes, who contend that humans can survive alone in an Edenic bubble engineered for their own survival, Wilson documents that the biosphere does not belong to us. Yet, refusing to believe that our extinction is, as so many fear, predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending "Sixth Extinction" is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Half-Earth is a transformative work that reverberates with an urgency like few other books.
Biographie de l'auteur
Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than twenty books, including The Creation, The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence, and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
