Letters to a young scientist / Edward O. Wilson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Edward O.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Wilson, Edward O. > Correspondence. Biologists > United States > Correspondence. Naturalists > United States > Correspondence. Science.
Uniform Title:	Correspondence.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: You made the right choice
I. The path to follow. First passion, then training ; Mathematics ; The path to follow
II. The creative process. What is science? ; The creative process ; What it takes ; Most likely to succeed ; I never changed ; Archetypes of the scientific mind ; Scientists as explorers of the universe
III. A life in science. A mentor and the start of a career ; The grails of field biology ; A celebration of audacity ; Know your subject, thoroughly
IV. Theory and the big picture. Science as universal knowledge ; Searching for new worlds on Earth ; The making of theories ; Biological theory on a grand scale ; Theory in the real world
V. Truth and ethics. The scientific ethic.

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