He wrote dozens of books, two of which won him Pulitzer Prizes.
The great American scientist EO Wilson, internationally renowned ant expert named “Darwin’s natural heir”, Died at the age of 92, as announced by the foundation that bears his name.
Edward Osborne Wilson, who taught at Harvard University for a long time, wrote dozens of books, two of which won him Pulitzer Prizes: the first in 1978 for “On Human Nature,” the second in 1990 for “The Ants.”
The scientist, who died in Massachusetts on Sunday, “he dedicated his life to studying the natural world and inspire others to take care of him as he did, ”said the foundation.
Time magazine highlighted that he had “one of the great scientific careers of the twentieth century” by highlighting his work mapping the social behavior of ants, through which he showed that his colonies communicated through a pheromone system.
But who is considered the founding father of sociobiology also generated a wave of criticism at the time after suggesting in one of his books that humans behave largely according to principles written in their genes.
The entomologist is still highly respected. Scientist Steven Pinker mourned the death of a “great scientist” on Monday. “We disagreed on some things, but that did not affect their generosity and willingness to talk,” he tweeted. (I)
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