文档介绍：From one of the world's
most influential scientists
(and two-tim e PuLitzer Prrze-
winning author),
E,dward O. Wilson,
comes an impassioned call for quick and
decisive action to save the earth's rich
biological heritage-
THE FUTURE
OF LIFE
The Future of Life is both a moving description of
the world's astonishing anirnals and plants and
a guidebook for the protection of all its species,
including our own.
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