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Stephen Jay Gould was not only a leading paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, he was also a humanist with an enduring interest in the history and philosophy of science. The extraordinary…
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Stephen Jay Gould
An account of a revolution in our understanding of life’s history, this book tells how three obscure British scientists completely changed our view of evolution by discovering a unique group…
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Stephen Jay Gould’s writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time…
Here is a set of reflections on the many areas of Gould’s intellectual life by the people who knew and understood him best. Mostly a critical assessment of his legacy…
From his bestseller Wonderful Life to his splendid essays on endlessly interesting variations of evolution, Gould has raised the art of scientific writing to new heights. Whether his topic is…
In this new collection of essays, Gould has once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the origins of palaeontology to…
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For millennia the animals that populated the earth had four toes on each foot, or six. If evolution had taken a tiny shift - if our ancestors had inherited a…
This collection of essays apply biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the discovery of the scourge of syphilis by Fracastero in the…
Stephen Gould examines the phenomenon of the millennium, describing how the meaning of the word has evolved to its modern usage, and tackling the debate over whether the millennium ends…
Argues that progress and increasing complexity are not inevitable features of the evolution of life on Earth. This book states that if we wish to see grandeur in life, we…
Weaves the ideas of some of Wester society’s greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to EO Wilson, with uncelebrated ideas of lesser-known yet pivotal intellectuals. This work of science their…
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[An] extraordinary book… . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer… . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them…
Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, cardboard Darwinism , and evolutionary…
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In a series of essays and vignettes, this book provides an exploration of the nature of evolution. Topics covered include the panda’s thumb, the Adactylidium mite which dies before it…
Lively and fascinating… . [Gould]writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature. -Tracy Kidder
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.
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This volume describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of Darwinism, examines the three critiques that challenge this Darwinian edifice and proposes a…
In 1972 Gould took the scientific world by storm with a paper on punctuated equilibrium that launched the controversial idea that the majority of species originate in geological moments (punctuations)…
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny was Haeckel’s answer to 19th-century biology’s most vexing question: what is the relationship between individual development and the evolution of species and lineages? Gould documents the history…
Stephen Jay Gould’s subject is nothing less than geology’s signal contribution to human thought-the discovery of deep time, the vastness of earth’s history, a history so ancient that we can…
Writing with bracing intelligence and clarity, Stephen Jay Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance–the apparent schism between science and religion.
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of…
Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould’s first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding collections by this unique writer, it brings the art…
There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould. -Martin Gardner
His fourth volume of imaginative, witty essays…equals Gould’s prize-winning The Panda’s Thumb and The Mismeasure of Man .–Publisher’s Weekly. Photographs.
Sheds light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance. Instead of having to choose between science and religion, the author asks why do we not opt…
The theme of this book is the appropriate methodology for the study of the history of life on earth.
"Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it." --P. B. Medawar, New York Review of Books With sales…
Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the…
Scientific analysis intersects with flat-out fandom. [Gould] could write, he was funny, and he loved, loved baseball. -Booklist
Francis Bacon
Describes how scientific theories should be based on observations and facts rather than pure reason.
Bjorn Kurten
Bjorn Kurten’s compelling novel gives the reader a detailed picture of life 35,000 years ago in Western Europe. One of the world’s leading scholars of Ice Age fauna, Kurten fuses…
Michael A. Mares
For most of us the word desert conjures up images of barren wasteland, vast, dry stretches inimical to life. But for a great array of creatures, the desert is a…
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Featuring an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould, Genetics and the Origin of Species presents the first edition of Dobzhansky’s groundbreaking and now classic inquiry into what has emerged as the…
"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable…
Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould does the wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays--his sixth…
Evolutionary theory in the theme that binds together these essays on such seemingly disparate topics as the feeding habits of flamingos, flowers and snails that change from male to female…
Sir Peter Medawar
A selection of writing by Sir Peter Medawar with a Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.
