The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
Title The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 484
Release 2010-11-29
Genre Nature
ISBN 0393340856

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"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 large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Title Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 548
Release 2010-11-29
Genre Science
ISBN 0393340821

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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, New York Times Book Review

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Title Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 287
Release 1992-07-17
Genre Science
ISBN 0393340414

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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 unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science. 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 of the scientific essay to unparalleled heights.

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
Title Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 484
Release 2010-11-29
Genre Nature
ISBN 0393340848

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"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 Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays—his sixth since Ever Since Darwin—Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.

Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
Title Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 433
Release 2011-10
Genre Science
ISBN 0674061632

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With his customary brilliance, Gould examines the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that build nature’s and humanity’s diversity and order.

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
Title Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher
Pages 413
Release 1990
Genre Evolution
ISBN 9780140134810

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Lively and fascinating. . . . Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature. Tracy Kidder

I Have Landed

I Have Landed
Title I Have Landed PDF eBook
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 431
Release 2011-10
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0674061624

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Gould’s final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he ever published.