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| The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth | 
| Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 76308
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9516
ASIN: B001717522
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
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 Tells it like it is June 21, 2008
Dr Wilson is a master at explaining, in layman's terms, why we need to take care of the whole Earth, not just those organisms that are directly useful to people. This book should be required reading for all high school and college students.
 A good, quick read. June 9, 2008
I like Wilson's view that science and faith can and should try to meet on common ground. I didn't get the feeling that Wilson is a racist, misogynist, or eugenicist, as has been alleged by others--just a helluva biologist! I found it fascinating that the total weight of all of the ants is as much as that of all of the humans. Also interesting is the % of undiscovered species, from which so many advances in medicine are waiting to be found.No Time To Kill
Bruce A. Roth
Daisy Alliance
www.daisyalliance.org
 Can serve as an introduction to conservation May 20, 2008
Short and straight to the point:
This book may be good as an introduction to conservation and what mainstream biologists think of it. It is nice to read and the concepts are easy to get. Since it is not an expensive book i recommend you to buy.
The downside is that failed "atheism public relations" approach Dr. Wilson tries. If you change the words science and reason for phisicalism then you can really understand what he is saying to the (imaginary?) Pastor, which, in a few words is: "I respect you, but the things you believe are irrational." Is it really respect? He finishes with the played out arguments against Intelligent Design, a subject apparently he knows nothing of. Filter this and you will be fine.
Creation:Saving Planet Earth April 8, 2008
A very readable book written by a leading scientist. Wilson makes an effort to appeal to the conservative religious community by identifying his past association with it. He presents compelling reasons for his thesis that we need to work together to save the planet. He may well lose his religious audience when he declares his views about how the earth was created. Excellent book.
Excellent service! February 8, 2008
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