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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
by Wilson, Edward O
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition of Wilson's classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Rogers Edward O. Wilson, who has added a drawing of an ant. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It was voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time. "It is impossible to leave Wilson's book without having one's sense of life permanently and dramatically widened" (The Atlantic). Listed by The National Review as one of the 100 greatest books of the twentieth century.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100332
- Title
- Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.
- Author
- Wilson, Edward O
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge MA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Edward O. WIlson First Edition, Sociobiology WIlson First Edition
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