Naturalist (book)

Naturalist
Cover of the first edition
AuthorEdward O. Wilson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAutobiography
PublisherIsland Press
Publication date1994
Media typePrint
Pages416
ISBN1-55963-288-7
OCLC30625079
Dewey Decimal508/.092 B 20
LC ClassQH31.W64 A3 1994
Followed byIn Search of Nature 

Naturalist is an autobiography by Edward. O. Wilson, an naturalist, entomologist, and sociobiologist. It was first published in 1994 by Island Press. It is about his childhood and the beginnings of his interest in biology, his work in entomology and myrmecology, his work with biogeography. He writes about several of his writings including his controversial work Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975).[1] It was awarded the 1995 Los Angeles Times book prize for Science and Technology publication.[2]

In 2020, a graphic novel version was published, adapted by Jim Ottaviani and C.M. Butzer.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Naturalist. by Edward O. Wilson Author(s) of Review: Paul F. Starrs Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 86, No. 2 (June, 1996), pp. 358-360
  2. โ†‘ Los Angeles Times. "1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2003. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
  3. โ†‘ "Book Review: Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation by Edward O. Wilson, Jim Ottaviani & C.M. Butzer". Culturefly. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-01-26.