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Language: en
Pages: 544
Pages: 544
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ide
Language: en
Pages: 480
Pages: 480
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin Ga
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-09-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell thes
Language: en
Pages: 480
Pages: 480
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on larg
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-07-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his un