Bridging biology and philosophy, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and biologist E. O. Wilson’s The Meaning of Human Existence poses big questions on the origins, nature, even the existential purpose of humanity. The most overtly philosophical book from this most sublimely reflective of biologists, Wilson writes with “remarkable clarity and a depth of insight that is absolutely unique” (Al Gore) as he shares thoughts on the human place, how we’re fundamentally both the same-and different-from common insects, and why advances in science and technology could be more dangerous than we think. Wilson is the author of many works, including On Human Nature (1978) and The Diversity of Life (1992).