Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation

Recommended by Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; C.Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the MCZ (and her son Henry Mallet)

The influential 1994 autobiography of famous Harvard professor E.O. Wilson has been adapted to graphic novel format, making it widely accessible to children. This scientific memoir tells the story of Wilson’s upbringing in the rural South, where his fascination with nature (and ants) first began, and ends with his four-decade career at Harvard, where he developed many longstanding theories in evolutionary biology. This book showcases the evolution of a scientist as well as the scientific process. The illustrations are spectacular. Wonderful read for children and adults alike.