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Paperback. Pub Date: 1992 Pages: 544 Publisher: WW Norton & Co. Stephen Jay Gould is world class. He sets the standard. When it comes to popular scientific essays he leads the (small) pack This collection of 35 pieces. all first appeared in Natural History magazine. It includes essays on language. the role of chance in history. the evolution of life and the human family tree. And Gould treats us to his favorite. In a Jumbled Drawer. where he examines racism in 19th century science. Gould combines information with charm and humor. (Atlantic) and extols advances in science like the space probe Voyager. (Kirkus Reviews) The many fans who have come to expect a uniquely oad range of subject and elegant. discerning prose from Stephen Jay Gould will be delighted with this new collection. which the author considers by far his best. These essays record a sixty-year battle against cre...
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In this collection of essays, Gould exposes muddled thinking about matters biological, and makes the point that evolution is not a ladder but a bush ever dividing, branching and making twigs.
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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 allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best. -- John Noble Wilford
Dozens of choice essays. . . . Teaching and its decline . . . and other signs of the decrepitude of the culture balanced by the cheer and zeal with which Gould extols advances in science. . . . Bully for Brontosaurus and bully for Gould too. "
No living scientist who writes for the public has a better claim to the mantle of Thomas Huxley in range of interests and felicity of style. . . . "Bully for Brontosaurus" is the fifth and finest selection. --David Fromkin"
May be Gould's finest to date. . . . Whether his topic is typewriter design, thetechnical triumph of Voyager or Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak, Gould holds our attention. His essays are illuminating, instructive, and fun to read. "
Dozens of choice essays. . . . Teaching and its decline . . . and other signs of the decrepitude of the culture balanced by the cheer and zeal with which Gould extols advances in science. . . . Bully for Brontosaurus and bully for Gould too. "
No living scientist who writes for the public has a better claim to the mantle of Thomas Huxley in range of interests and felicity of style. . . . "Bully for Brontosaurus" is the fifth and finest selection. --David Fromkin"
May be Gould's finest to date. . . . Whether his topic is typewriter design, thetechnical triumph of Voyager or Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak, Gould holds our attention. His essays are illuminating, instructive, and fun to read. "
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