New E.O. Wilson Book Is Published

“The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth” by Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson recently was published by W.W. Norton & Company.

Wilson, who spoke at the PCT Ant Management Summit in 2004, is considered one of the world’s greatest living scientists. He won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction on two separate occasions. First in 1979 for his groundbreaking book "On Human Nature," and again in 1991 for "The Ants," which he co-authored with colleague Bert Holldobler.

The following is an excerpt from the “The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth” from the W.W. Norton & Company Web site:

In this daring work, Edward O. Wilson proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth’s vanishing biodiversity.

Dear Pastor:

We have not met, yet I feel I know you well enough to call you friend. First of all, we grew up in the same faith. Although I no longer belong to that faith, I am confident that if we met and spoke privately of our deepest beliefs, it would be in a spirit of mutual respect and goodwill. I write to you now for your counsel and help. Let us see if we can, and you are willing, to meet on the near side of metaphysics in order to deal with the real world we share. I suggest that we set aside our differences in order to save the Creation. The defense of living Nature is a universal value. It doesn’t rise from nor does it promote any religious or ideological dogma. Rather, it serves without discrimination the interests of all humanity.

Pastor, we need your help. The Creation—living Nature—is in deep trouble.