Diversity of LifeReading Reflection #1

By: E.O. Wilson

Violent Nature….Resilient Life• How did Wilson lay out his argument? • What is this book going to be about?

• Find one or two quotes that struck you.• Quotes that you think will be central to the themes of the book

“…offering hiding places and food to a vast array of…

Pg. 10

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…and other forms that live mostly or exclusively in this habitat.”

2 more questions?

1. What topic or species, introduced in these chapters, do you want to know more about?

• Give at least two

2. Wilson closes chapter 1 with… “All this seemed timeless, immutable, and its very strength posed

the question: how much force does it take to break the crucible of evolution.”

And closes chapter 2 with…

“Ordinary volcanic eruptions are not enough, then, to break the crucible of life.”

What do you think he talking about?