Edward O. Wilson

EVENT POSTPONED. THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA INTENDS TO RESCHEDULE DR. WILSON AND WILL POST A NEW DATE IN THE COMING WEEKS. Letters to a Young Scientist E.O. Wilson In conversation with Dr. Ian G. Sheffer

Esteemed biologist E. O. Wilson’s ideas have had an immeasurable influence on our understanding of life, nature, and society. The author of more than 25 books, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning works of nonfiction, Wilson has won a raft of scientific and conservation prizes, including the prestigious National Medal of Science. He remains an outspoken advocate for conservation and biodiversity, fighting to preserve the wondrous variety of the natural world. His writing explores the world of ants and other tiny creatures, illuminating how all creatures great and small are interdependent. Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, he distills 60 years of teaching and shares his love of the inherent creativity of science in his new book, Letters to a Young Scientist. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 5, 2013 at 10:00 AM This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

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Robert Hass; E. O. Wilson discusses The Social Conquest of Earth.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, author of What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, engages in conversation with the internationally acclaimed scientist, entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, author of The Social Conquest of Earth, about the intersections between science and poetry. These two extraordinary thinkers and writers—together for an unmissable conversation—discuss poetry, consciousness, evolution and the environment. Co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. $15, $13.50 for Poets House members To take advantage of special pricing, contact Joe Fritsch at joe@poetshouse.org. Please arrive early to allow extra time for museum entry. (rmharris)… (more)

The Social Conquest of Earth E.O. Wilson Co-presented by The Philadelphia Science Festival Co-sponsored by The Academy of Natural Sciences The author of more than 25 books, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning works of nonfiction, E.O. Wilson has won a raft of scientific and conservation prizes, including the prestigious National Medal of Science. Wilson’s writing explores the world of ants and other tiny creatures, illuminating how all creatures great and small are interdependent. A Harvard professor since 1953, his ideas have had an immeasurable influence on our understanding of life, nature, and society. He remains an outspoken advocate for conservation and biodiversity, fighting to preserve the wondrous variety of the natural world. In The Social Conquest of Earth, Wilson lays out a reexamination of human evolution—addressing fundamental questions of philosophy, religion, and science—in explaining how socially advanced species have come to dominate the earth. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

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Edward O. Wilson discusses Biodiversity.

The annual John M. Prather Lectures in Biology will be presented by Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino Research Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard, and one of the world’s leading voices for conservation of global biodiversity. Wilson is one of the most influential and accomplished biologists of the last half-century. He is known for his groundbreaking research on the biology and behavior of ants, as well as his celebrated work in such broad fields as island biogeography, sociobiology, and conservation biology. He is the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, On Human Nature (1978) and The Ants (1990, with Bert Hölldobler), as well as the recipient of many fellowships, honors, and awards. Wilson’s Prather lectures will encapsulate his remarkable 55-year career in biology at Harvard, and look forward to the critical challenges ahead. Global biodiversity is richer than thought even 20 years ago, but it and the ecosystems supporting it are disappearing at an accelerating rate--to the great and enduring loss to future humanity. Science is not well prepared to handle this issue. We live on a poorly explored planet: only a tiny fraction, probably fewer than ten percent, of species are known to science, when microorganisms are included; and of these, only a minute fraction have been studied at any depth. There are remedies to this ignorance, and when they are applied, a major new front of biology will open, equal and complementary to molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Location: Sanders Theatre at Memorial Hall, 6:00 PM. (Reception and booksigning to follow at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.) Lecture tickets are required, and can be obtained through the Harvard Box Office in Holyoke Center beginning on March 3. $10 – general public/ Free to Harvard University ID holders. For more ticket info, please call 617-496-2222, or visit the Harvard Box Office web site at http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal/details.php?ID=40839 (HMNHpr)… (more)

Edward O. Wilson; Everett Mendelsohn

On Tuesday, November 24, at 1pm Eastern time--the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species"--a panel of scientists led by E.O. Wilson and Everett Mendelsohn, will discuss Darwin's legacy and talk about the frontiers of evolutionary and molecular biology hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project. (IslandDave)… (more)