Bibliograph

Lord of the ants., naturalist E.O. Wilson, Windfall Films, Ltd. and Neil Patterson Productions, Inc. ; written, produced and directed by David Dugan, Widescreen

Type

Label

Lord of the ants., naturalist E.O. Wilson, Windfall Films, Ltd. and Neil Patterson Productions, Inc. ; written, produced and directed by David Dugan, Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Lord of the ants.

Oclc number

236105918

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally broadcast on television in 2008

Responsibility statement

Windfall Films, Ltd. and Neil Patterson Productions, Inc. ; written, produced and directed by David Dugan

Runtime

Sub title

naturalist E.O. Wilson

Summary

NOVA's Lord of the Ants profiles soft-spoken Southerner E.O. Wilson, renowned for his scientific study of ants that led to his 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, where he put forth the notion that evolutionary principles could explain social behavior throughout the animal kingdom, including in humans. Though sociobiology was a controversial new discipline at the time, today experimental science shows that genes do play a role in aspects of human behavior. E.O. Wilson is an icon of our times: a lord of the ants who sought to explain nature on earth and who now fights for its survival through his worldwide conservation efforts. Actor and environmentalist Harrison Ford narrates this engaging portrait of a ceaselessly active scientist and eloquent writer, who has accumulated two Pulitzer Prizes among his many other honors

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.version

Widescreen

Classification