E. O. Wilson's Copy of an Important Work on Ecology
An Introduction to Population Ecology
Publication: New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1978. First Edition.
Notes: Noted biologist E. O. Wilson's copy of the first edition of this influential textbook.
Hutchinson (1903–1991) is considered one of the key scientific thinkers in the modern ecology movement. He taught at Yale for five decades beginning in 1928. This book is a summary of a lifetime of research into animal population changes in ecosystems. An article about Hutchinson in the Yale News (2015) quoted E.O. Wilson as describing "Hutchinson as the 'founder' of modern ecology, and 'one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius.'"
This is Wilson's copy of this key book, cited in the Garrison-Morton History of Medicine Bibliography (no. 145.9) as an "elegantly written textbook by a pioneering authority...based on a carefully documented historical approach to the subject." Wilson developed the field of sociobiology and is one of most acclaimed biologists of the 20th century. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his science writing.
260 pages.
PROVENANCE: Wilson's Harvard office library via Up-Country Letters.
Edition + Condition: First edition (with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in illustrated boards (no jacket, as issued). With Wilson's ownership signature (Edward O. Wilson 1978") on the front free endpaper. Wilson has noted four page numbers where his work is cited. With a" compliments of the press" card laid in.
ISBN: 0300021550
Item No: #363996
Price: $300