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A review by lenni
Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation by Edward O. Wilson, Jim Ottaviani
3.0
I don't think that adapting Wilson's autobiography into a graphic novel makes it any more readable; he's never really catered to a wide generalist audience.
Thoughts:
I wasn't aware that Wilson originated the species area curve.
I found it strange that he writes about a formative experience as a Boy Scout working with Black youth forming their own troop but shrugs it off as him not having a social conscious. This is true of many of us as children but especially striking here because Wilson has been accused of racism in his field of sociobiological thought.
How are there so many different ant genera?
The young Wilson isn't really drawn that young.
Does this mean I don't have to read the non- graphic version of this book?
Thoughts:
I wasn't aware that Wilson originated the species area curve.
I found it strange that he writes about a formative experience as a Boy Scout working with Black youth forming their own troop but shrugs it off as him not having a social conscious. This is true of many of us as children but especially striking here because Wilson has been accused of racism in his field of sociobiological thought.
How are there so many different ant genera?
The young Wilson isn't really drawn that young.
Does this mean I don't have to read the non- graphic version of this book?