Book Review: The Creation: An Appeal To Save Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson

Influenced by his Southern Baptist upbringing and the beauty and mystery of nature throughout his life, E.O. Wilson writes to the pastors of the world in a plea to put aside science and religion’s opposing worldviews for the saving of planet Earth in this concise and well-written argument.

In The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, Wilson explains scientific humanism while demonstrating a thorough understanding of the religious belief of intelligent design. The book is easy to read, interesting, entertaining, eye-opening, and poignant.

E.O. Wilson begins his book with the definition of what nature is, followed by why we should care about the destructive environmental changes that are occurring. He explains the symbiosis and biodiversity of life on earth, and in a surprising and interesting chapter, covers thoroughly why the ant species are so needed for our survival.

The author explains why the decline of ecosystems, the demolishing of our rain forests, the overfishing of our oceans, global warming, and more are destroying our planet and life as we know it.

Demonstrating his love and genuine curiosity of nature and the origins of life, Wilson talks about the beauty in nature and how we have only begun to catalog the multitudes of species on our planet. His appeal ends with an explanation of what science is and its role in understanding creation. He asks the “Baptist pastor” to work with him, essentially to allow religion and science to work together in the mutual goal of saving the planet from trajectory towards destruction.

I highly recommend Wilson’s The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth to naturalists, humanists, climate scientists, and environmentalists who seek an overview of biology and current environmental devastation. I also recommend the book to those who are Christian or subscribe to other religious beliefs. E.O. Wilson’s argument explains why the denial of the above-mentioned ramifications will only lead to our extinction as a species and the ultimate end of life on Earth as we know it.

A bit about the author, Dr. Edward O. Wilson:

Dr. E.O.Wilson is a world-renowned naturalist, humanist, myrmecologist, former Harvard biologist, theorist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, and is the author of over twenty other books.

He has written more than four hundred mostly technical articles and has also won over one hundred (very impressive!) other awards including The National Medal of Science, Japan’s International Prize for Biology, the Presidential Medal and Nomino Prize of Italy, The U.S. National Medal of Science, and the gold medal of the Worldwide Fund for Nature.

A brilliant mind and compassionate spirit, Edward O. Wilson focused his career on scientific research and teaching at Harvard University for forty years prior to retiring and founding The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. He lives with his wife, Irene, in Massachusetts.

To learn more about E.O. Wilson, visit The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. To purchase a copy of The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, visit Amazon.