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  1. Aug 27, 2018 · In 1936, Nobel laureate Ivan Pavlov offered kernels of wisdom in a letter in Science. More than 80 years later, the letter from the famed physiologist remains as fresh and relevant as his research on conditioning. Countless other scientists have written similar dispatches. The list includes biologist E.O. Wilson's 2013 book Letters to a Young ...

  2. May 31, 2013 · The world needs you — badly.”. With sincerity, from an aging biologist who has had to find his own way. LETTERS TO A YOUNG SCIENTIST. By Edward O. Wilson. 244 pp. Liveright Publishing/W. W ...

  3. Overview. Letters to a Young Scientist is a 2013 nonfiction book by American biologist Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021). Wilson is among the most influential evolutionary biologists and entomologists of the 20th century. He published dozens of books about his discoveries, about the field of biology in general, and about the importance of preserving ...

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  5. Jan 1, 2013 · Edward O. Wilson. 3.91. 4,332 ratings512 reviews. Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each ...

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  6. Letters to a Young Scientist. Edward O. Wilson. “I urge you to stay on the path you’ve chosen, and to travel on it as far as you can. The world needs you—badly.”. “Don’t just drift through courses in science hoping that love will come to you.”. (Listen to your passion and aim towards it) “I finally got around to calculus as a ...

  7. Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation., Letters to a Young Scientist, Edward O Wilson, 9780871403858

  8. Jun 15, 2022 · Letters to a Young Scientist includes advice on choosing a field of study, finding a mentor, and the application of scientific theory in the real world. Yet Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill or even a high IQ, but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it.