"A contemporary jeremiad ... at times searing, at times soaring."
- Tom Levinson - Chicago Tribune,
"Rarely has the divide between secular science and revealed religion been bridged so gracefully."
- Robert Lee Holtz - Los Angeles Times Book Review,
"The wise and lovely work of a truly learned man."
- Matthew Scully - New York Times Book Review,
"Beautiful and passionate."
- David B. Williams - Seattle Times,
"One of our greatest thinkers says we can only rescue the earth by starting with its smallest inhabitants. ... Read this book."
- The Times (London),
"If humankind finds a way to live in peace together, and in harmony with nature, E. O. Wilson will have played a unique role in that deliverance."
- Jeffrey Sachs,