Dr. Gerald
Nosich is a noted authority on critical thinking and is the author of two books:
Reasons and Arguments and Learning to Think Things Through. A regular
presenter at international conferences on critical thinking, he has also given
numerous critical thinking lectures and workshops across the country. Dr. Nosich
has not only focused on teaching critical thinking skills in subject specific
areas, but is also adept at teaching critical thinking across the curriculum.
Dr. Nosich is a witty presenter whose down-to-earth sense of humor adds spice to
his practical insights. (source:
http://www.criticalthinking.org/about/presenters.shtml#nosich)
Biography of Edward O. Wilson:
http://unr.edu/homepage/fenimore/wilson/
An interview with Wilson from PBS's Think Tank program: http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1021.html
Interviews with Edward Wilson: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Catalog/FSEM/FutureOfLife/interviews.html
Five faculty members at Wheaton College respond, from various disciplinary perspectives, to The Future of Life: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Catalog/FSEM/FutureOfLife/summerAssignment.pdf
A student review of The Future of Life from the Yale Review of Books: http://www.yalereviewofbooks.com/archive/spring02/review02.shtml.htm
Kenan Malik (reviewer for London's Sunday Telegraph) reviews the book on his website: http://www.kenanmalik.com/reviews/wilson_future.html
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