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This week, we reach into the City Arts & Lectures archives for a conversation with E. O. Wilson.\xa0\xa0 The biologist and author was the world\u2019s leading authority on ants \u2013 but he was also often referred to as \u201cthe father of biodiversity\u201d.\xa0 In addition to significant scientific research, Wilson made major contributions to the public\u2019s understanding of larger issues of science, nature, and conservation.\xa0 He won the Pulitzer Price twice, for his books \u201cThe Ants\u201d and \u201cOn Human Nature\u201d. \xa0His other popular works include \u201cLetters to a Young Scientist\u201d and \u201cThe Meaning of Human Existence\u201d.

Wilson was a professor at Harvard University and also taught at Duke University, which houses the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. \xa0E. O. Wilson died on December 26, 2021, at the age of 92.\xa0

In this program, recorded on October 10, 2006, he talks with Roy Eisenhardt about his newly published book \u201cThe Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion\u201d.\xa0\xa0 In it, Wilson appeals for the combined efforts of scientific, political, and religious leaders to help prevent species extinction, save biological diversity, and be good stewards of the Earth. \xa0