E.O. Wilson's Life on Earth Unit 7: Guided Tour of Ecosystems

E.O. Wilson's Life on Earth #7

by Edward O. Wilson, Morgan Ryan, Gael McGill

Designed to give students a deep understanding of the central topics of introductory biology, E. O. Wilson’s Life on Earth is a captivating iBooks Textbook presented as a seven-unit collection. In this final unit, we explore the various biological communities that coexist on Earth. We look into how populations behave, interact, feed, and distribute themselves within ecosystems—and learn about how these environments are changing in the modern world. Each unit of the engagingly interactive E. O. Wilson’s Life on Earth features video, photo galleries, and Multi-Touch images and illustrations that inspire students to study, enjoy, and help protect the wonders of life on Earth.

Available exclusively as an Apple iBook.

Genres: Biology

200 pages, ebook

First published July 8, 2014

About the author

Edward Osborne Wilson, sometimes credited as E.O. Wilson, was an American biologist, researcher, theorist, and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, a branch of entomology. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Wilson is known for his career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, and his secular-humanist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. He was the Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this entry in the series of seven volumes the least interesting. Primarily, this is because so much of the material in this volume is well known to anyone who has watched a lot of nature programs. I also have to admit, though, that I never really liked those nature programs much. I was much more interested in the chemistry and cell biology in the earliest volumes of the series.

[Harris Silverman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful and serious introduction to biology. More of a text book than a popular narrative.