55 pages • 1 hour read
Edward O. WilsonConsilience
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Analysis breaks down natural phenomena into constituent parts. What is the opposite of analysis, and what does it achieve?
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Can science and the arts enrich each other? Support your argument with evidence from the text.
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Theseus descends into the Labyrinth, kills the Minotaur, then escapes the maze by retracing backward a long thread of yarn that he has unspooled from the Labyrinthine entrance. What do Theseus, the maze, the Minotaur, and the thread each represent in the story of science?
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