The Book Prize Index

On Human Nature

Edward O. Wilson

View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how "The Insect Societies" led him to write "Sociobiology," and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior.

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Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor1979WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • E. O. Wilson86%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    E. O. Wilson argues that political and religious uproar over "Sociobiology" led him to write a new book that better explains biology’s relevance to understanding human behavior.

    Model confidence 64%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.