Synopsis In this collection of essays, Gould provides an accessible tour of developments in the science of natural history and surveys influential scientists' significant discoveries and less-publicized oversights.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-04-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 371 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Publisher's Note A collection of essays by the author of Dinosaur in a Haystack covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of fossils, evolution, and biodiversity.
Industry Reviews "From the distinguished and eloquent Gould...a characteristically genial and stimulating intellectual stroll....Vintage Gould: stimulating, erudite, and eminently enjoyable." Cendrars
"Gould's scholarship is impressive and lightly delivered...." Maddox
"Stephen Jay Gould is probably America's most eloquent and popular explicator of biology....[This book], his ninth collection of essays, lacks the unifying theme of some earlier works but engagingly revisits some of the Harvard paleontologist's favorite turf...." Okie
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