The Creation
An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

E.O. Wilson-- a giant in biology, a thoughtful and, I believe, good-hearted person whose scientific work and soft-spoken manner I admire. But even in this honest and sincere effort, his writing does not successfully escape the deeply-ingrained scientism so typical of Wilson, in which nothing outside......more

Escrito sob a forma de uma carta a um “Pastor” E. O. Wilson apresenta-nos neste seu livro escrito em 2007 porque motivo a visão secular ou religiosa do mundo natural não estão tão afastadas quanto à partida se poderia supor no que respeita ao deslumbramento que a “Criação” ou mundo natural exerce so......more

This book was very frustrating for me, and this time I'm pretty sure it's the book's fault. I was so excited by the premise, the aim of the author, and I think most of the frustration i felt was from a sense of betrayal. The book is not a meeting of science and religion. At least not a fun one. The......more

Interessante saggio scritto da un famoso biologo. Si parla dell’estinzione di numerose specie avvenute negli ultimi anni e delle cause, ma anche della nuova scoperta di altrettante specie. Ci si rende conto di quanto siamo piccoli noi umani e di quanto abbiamo ancora da scoprire e conoscere ( si par......more

I am deeply ambivalent about this book. I love the gesture and, as always, I love reading Wilson’s narratives of the science, but as a genuine attempt at compassionate bridge-building, it largely fails. I do not think it was successful in finding the common ground that it wanted to find.......more