Naturalist (book)

Naturalist is an autobiography by naturalist, entomologist, and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson first published in 1994 by Island Press. In it he writes on his childhood and the beginnings of his interest in biology, on his work in entomology and myrmecology, on his work with biogeography, and on several of his writings including on his controversial work Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975), as well as several other subjects.^[1] It was awarded the 1995 Los Angeles Times book prize for Science and Technology publication.^[2]

Naturalist

Cover of the first edition
Author	Edward O. Wilson
Language	English
Subject	Autobiography
Publisher	Island Press
Publication date	1994
Media type	Print
Pages	416
ISBN	1-55963-288-7
OCLC	30625079
Dewey Decimal	508/.092 B 20
LC Class	QH31.W64 A3 1994
Followed by	In Search of Nature

In 2020, a graphic novel version was published, adapted by Jim Ottaviani and C.M. Butzer.^[3]