title: Wilson and the unification of science.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3301 S. Dearborn Ave., Suite 116, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. segerstrale@iit.edu
authors.forename: Ullica
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Segerstrale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008404:Massachusetts; D035503:Sociobiology / Q000266:history*