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| The Future of Life | 
| Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 50058
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0679768114
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9522
EAN: 9780679768111
ASIN: 0679768114
Publication Date: March 11, 2003
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 The Future of Life Book Review February 10, 2004
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
The title The Future of Life is a good book because it makes predictions of the future based on what is happening now. He describes the Earth as one big organism that has to coperate with all the cordinating ecosystems to survive. Humans have created the "bottleneck theory" where we havecontinually destroyed ecosystems and extinguished species. We as humans are using up all the natural resourses and in the long run, we are hurting ourselves. E.O. wilson uses the book as a "call to action" for humans to change their wars before it is too late and our planet earth is destroyed forever.
Overall, it was a pretty good book. Wilson uses good examples in outlining how we can help improve Earth. He was a tad too pessimistis though. He blamed everything on humans. THere were alot of facts that mad it boring and it got a little redundant towards the end of the novel. The Future of life was an interesting read. There was a lot of interesting information in it.
 A whirlwind tour of biodiversity preservation February 1, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great work ! In this book, E.O.Wilson takes us through a whirlwind tour of what/why/how of biodiversity preservation -- "what is biodiversity and how we humans are contributing to it's loss" , "why we should preserve biodiversity" and "how we should do it". For the "why" aspect, the author discusses both the "utility" of biodiversity to humans (ecosystem services and bioprospecting etc) and also the ethical reasons. Finally some very practical solutions are presented and he goes on to describe how they are being implemented by NGO's etc. Iam not a trained biologist/ecologist but still i found the book easily readable. Highly recommended !"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy" -- John C. Sawhill
For biologist January 15, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unfortunately this book was a little over my head. The book started off with a good point on extinction but then started to get into biological terms that made me lose my interested in the point the author was trying to make.
I think this book would be a good read for individuals that want to understand the future of life for species.
Enjoy the read.
 What's happening to our world? January 5, 2004
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are many species in the world. There are all different types of species, living in all different types of habitats. But how long will they be around? There is only a fraction of the original number of species that once existed on the Earth's land and in the oceans. Why are so many species coming to extinction so quickly? HIPPO is the answer. HIPPO is the reason created by "conservation biologists." HIPPO gives explanation for the disappearing of species. HIPPO is just one of the many things explained in this book.
In Edward O. Wilson's book, The Future of Life, the future of life on Earth is questioned. Wilson, and other professionals, look at statistics and find the patterns to predict the future. By following the patterns, they are able to predict how long a species is expected to survive in the wild. Also, the size of the population of humanity will change over time. Wilson looks at all of the different scenarios, which results in the many different possible outcomes.
Through looking at many studies it has become evident that the human species is responsible for most of the extinction of species. People come in and ruin habitats, such as the rainforests. They also hunt the animals and introduce alien species, which crowd out or kill out the native species of a land. Although now, many attempts at saving the mass extinction have started, it will take some time to be effective and at the current rates, it is too late. However, Wilson hopes that with reading this book, more attempts will be made. We must increase the conservation and decrease the destruction of species. The flora and fauna of our world need our help. We created the problem and now we must help to fix it.
Read The Future of Life, by Edward O. Wilson, to find out what's going on in your world, to learn about the mass extinction occurring as we speak. Read about Wilson's solution and how you could help. Learn about the species soon to be lost to extinction. The book goes into great detail about many different situations and the trouble that the world is in. An interesting piece of literature, which will hopefully spread the dangerous situation of the Earth as we know it.
Very interesting even for a independent w/ Republican ideals January 4, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found this book fascinating and scary. I also got bogged down in some of the minutia(sp?) of the biology. I appreciated this book because Wilson sees both sides but then has the credibility and more importantly, knowledge to prove his critics wrong. Very good book to read no matter where you stand, but to be honest I had a hard time finishing it.
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