He has forced us to travel new roads and he has fertilised and focussed ecological thinking in special ways. Ramon Margalef is first of all a visionary. He likes poets more than lawyers, phantasy and innovation more than rigor of logical argumentation. The seas are full of organic seeds waiting for adequate conditions and then starting experiments of evolution. This is exemplified by an unbelievable variety of symbioses in which ever new avenues of energy flow and material recycling are explored.
Ecosystems are workshops of evolution.
It is here that the principal powers of creation are translated into specific designs in terms of time and space, function and structure. Among many other considerations, Ramon traces the history of thoughts on diversity. EE Book 10 ends with thoughts of cosmic dimensions. Excellence in Ecology books are sold at cost price. A considerable number of books are donated to libraries in Third World countries.