Consilience

In this groundbreaking book Edward O. Wilson, considered to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, argues for the need to search for 'consilience' - the unity of knowledge, and the proof that everything in our world is organised in terms of a small number of fundamental natural laws which underlie every branch of learning. Challenging and thought-provoking, consilience is an enormous intellectual adventure from one of the most eminent thinkers of the century. 'A brilliant and savage argument for the total supremacy of science.' Simon Jenkins in The Sunday Times 'Without question, the finest contemporary science writer... Whatever you may think of Wilson's ideas, his books will always thrill.' Bryan Appleyard in The Literary Review.

Softcover. English. Abacus. 2003. ISBN: 9780349111124. 374 pp. Fair/good. Book No: 54936