The Future of Life

威爾森（Edward O. Wilson），哈佛大學佩萊格里諾講座研究教授，哈佛大學比較動物學博物館的昆蟲館名譽館長。為當代最具影響力的科學家之一，被喻為「生物多樣性之父」、「社會生物學之父」。曾兩度獲得普立茲獎，著有《大自然的獵人》、《繽紛的生命》、《Consilience—知識大融通》、《螞蟻‧螞蟻》等書。譯者：楊玉齡，專事科學書籍翻譯、寫作。著作有《台灣蛇毒傳奇》、《肝炎聖戰》，譯作有《基因聖戰》、《大自然的獵人》、《佛克曼醫師的戰爭》等。

出版者:Knopf

作者:Edward O. Wilson

页数:256

出版时间:2002-1-8

价格:USD 27.50

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780679450788

图书标签:生物生態台灣E.O.Wilson瀪體

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From one of the world’s most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth’s biological heritage, and a plan to achieve that rescue.

Today we understand that our world is infinitely richer than was ever previously guessed. Yet it is so ravaged by human activity that half its species could be gone by the end of the present century. These two contrasting truths—unexpected magnificence and underestimated peril—have become compellingly clear during the past two decades of research on biological diversity.

In this dazzlingly intelligent and ultimately hopeful book, Wilson describes what treasures of the natural world we are about to lose forever—in many cases animals, insects, and plants we have only just discovered, and whose potential to nourish us, protect us, and cure our illnesses is immeasurable—and what we can do to save them. In the process, he explores the ethical and religious bases of the conservation movement and deflates the myth that environmental policy is antithetical to economic growth by illustrating how new methods of conservation can ensure long-term economic well-being.

The Future of Life is a magisterial accomplishment: both a moving description of our biosphere and a guidebook for the protection of all its species, including humankind.

读后感

当我们在关注娱乐、经济、法律、文学、宇宙时，另一批人则在操心着这颗星球上生物的命运。 美国博物学家爱德华·威尔逊通过一组组数据和大量案例，向读者展示了地球上的生命曾是如何的富丽多姿，而如今，物种数量正在世界各个角落悄无声息地骤然衰减。造成物种灭绝速率显著增加...  

开始静下心来读这本书的当天下着小雨，坐在古筝班外大堂的扶手椅里，大堂天井三层楼高，声声古筝音如流水，悦耳清心，遂找了个最舒服的姿势开始阅读。 《生命的未来》首先在装帧上看着就很美，腰封上的蓝色蝴蝶让人未忍心丢弃，取下折了做书签用。接着翻了内封，发现和外封一...  

当我们在关注娱乐、经济、法律、文学、宇宙时，另一批人则在操心着这颗星球上生物的命运。 美国博物学家爱德华·威尔逊通过一组组数据和大量案例，向读者展示了地球上的生命曾是如何的富丽多姿，而如今，物种数量正在世界各个角落悄无声息地骤然衰减。造成物种灭绝速率显著增加...  

开始静下心来读这本书的当天下着小雨，坐在古筝班外大堂的扶手椅里，大堂天井三层楼高，声声古筝音如流水，悦耳清心，遂找了个最舒服的姿势开始阅读。 《生命的未来》首先在装帧上看着就很美，腰封上的蓝色蝴蝶让人未忍心丢弃，取下折了做书签用。接着翻了内封，发现和外封一...