Wilson and the unification of science.
This article analyzes the thought and intellectual contribution of Edward O. Wilson, among the most prominent and influential convergenists. It concentrates on the deep ambition going as a bright thread through Wilson's whole scientific output: the unification of science and knowledge. It traces the background of this ambition in Wilson's personal history and follows its various articulations throughout his career.
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Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3301 S. Dearborn Ave., Suite 116, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. segerstrale@iit.edu
D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008404:Massachusetts; D035503:Sociobiology / Q000266:history*