An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations Ian McEwanDarwins great successor Jeffrey SachsThe legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to dateCreativity is the unique and defining trait of our species and its ultimate goal, selfunderstanding, begins Edward Wilsons sweeping examination of the humanities and their relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a surprising range of creative endeavors the instinct to create gardens the use of metaphors and irony in speech or the power of music and song Wilson proposes a transformational Third Enlightenment in which the blending of science and the humanities will enable us to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition, and how it ultimately originated.

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: VSP; Weight: 310 g; Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 14

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