E. O. Wilson to speak at UM Friday, Sep 23

Edward O. Wilson to Give Keynote Address
Friday, September 23, 2005
Rackham Amphitheater
7:30 pm

Sponsored by the University of Michigan Faculty Research Club, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Global Vision, Inc.
Edward O. Wilson is considered one of the world’s greatest living scientists. Currently Pellegrino University Research Professor and Honorary curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, Professor Wilson is a pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity. Author of twenty books and two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient, he has received numerous honors and awards both for his academic achievements as well as his conservation efforts. Professor Wilson will be speaking on his book, /Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge/, which argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need for proof that everything in our world is organized in terms of a small number of fundamental natural laws that comprise the principles underlying every branch of learning.
This event is free to the public with a reception to follow. [thanks, Mint]