Letters to a Young Scientist

{{Short description|Book by Edward Osborne Wilson}}

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| name = Letters to a Young Scientist

| image = File:Letters to a Young Scientist.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition

| author = Edward O. Wilson

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| language = English

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| publisher = Liveright

| pub_date = 2013

| media_type = Print

| pages = 256

| isbn = 978-0871403858

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Letters to a Young Scientist is a 2013 book by E. O. Wilson. Included is the observation that one doesn't need to be brilliant at math to become a great scientist.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/06/21/194230822/e-o-wilsons-advice-for-future-scientists |title=E.O. Wilson's Advice for Future Scientists : NPR |newspaper=Npr.org |date= |author= |accessdate= January 16, 2016}}