E.O. Wilson and Bert Hoelldoebler

Giants of Science: The Kohn Lecture: E.O. Wilson and Bert Hoelldoebler This series is not just for folks who got A’s in high school chemistry. The scientists are such good storytellers, their subjects so provocative and the conversation so easygoing that all you have to do is bring your mind (and a friend). Robert Krulwich of Nova Science Now, an NPR regular and an ABC News correspondent, is the host. Students admitted at half price with ID.

Pulitzer Prize winners Edward O. Wilson and Bert Hoelldoebler of The Ants expand our knowledge of social insects in their new work, The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies. They explain how superorganisms—tightly knit colonies of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication and division of labor—represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, and further posit how their study has led to important advances in our understanding of how life evolved from simple to complex forms. A Harvard professor for nearly five decades, Wilson is the author of more than 20 books and the recipient of the National Medal of Science. Hoelldoebler is a professor at Arizona State University and the recipient of numerous awards.

Date & Time: Thu, Dec 4, 2008, 8:15pm

Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions

Code: T-LC5CM30-01

Price: $27.00