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Gratzer, Walter (Editor); Gould, Stephen Jay (Foreword) A Bedside Nature: Genius and Eccentricity in Science 1869-1953
New York, New York, U.S.A. W H Freeman & Co 1999 0716736500 / 9780716736509 Trade Paperback Fine
Near-new copy of this over-sized book. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 266 pages. - From The Critics Booknews These scientific outtakes from magazine, 1869-1953, compiled by Gratzer (U. of London) should not be bedside reading, for they will surely keep one entertained into the wee hours. Stephen Jay Gould (paleontology, Harvard U.) applauds the smorgasbord of iconoclastic ruminations by neglected geniuses on scholarly minutiae, animal anecdotes, and why the number "137" crops up in many formulae<- ->along with more classic scientific thought, and greats such as Francis Galton out in left field curing gout with strawberries. Like C. K. Chesterton's comment on ditchwater viewed microscopically: "... It teems with quiet fun." Reminiscent of Harvard's annual Ig Nobel Prizes for science accomplishments that "cannot or should not be reproduced." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Gould, Stephen Jay Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
W W Norton & Co Inc 1992 039330857X / 9780393308570 Trade Paperback Near-Fine
Near-fine, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 540 pages. Illustrated. - 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)
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Gould, Stephen Jay Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
New York, New York, U.S.A. Harmony Books 1996 0517703939 / 9780517703939 Trade Paperback Fine
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 480 pages. Synopsis: Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has perfected the art of the essay in this brilliant new collection. These thirty-four essays, most originally published in Natural History magazine, exemplify the keen insight with which Dr. Gould observes the natural world and convey the infectious enthusiasm for fossils and evolutionary theory that has made his books award-winning, national best-sellers. In his latest musings on evolution and other natural phenomena, Gould reveals the uncanny interconnections among distinctly human creations - museums, literature, music, politics, and culture - encompassing a delightfully, wide range of topics, from giant fossils, fads, and fungus to baseball, beeswax, and blaauwbocks, from a humanistic look at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Erasmus Darwin's poetry to the fallacies of eugenics and creationism and the moral imperatives of thinking people to meet the ethical challenges that pseudo-science presents.
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Gould, Stephen Jay The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Norton 1980 0393013804 / 9780393013801 Trade Paperback Near-Fine
Near-fine condition. 343 pages. Illustrated. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Covers are clean,show light wear (NO tears). With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights
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Gould, Stephen Jay Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
W W Norton & Co Inc 1989 0393027058 / 9780393027051 Hard Cover Near-Fine Very Good
Very-nice, clean copy - NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is a small, numerical note in book front, on blank page - Tight spine, clean pages - Illustrated throughout - 347 pages - NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Pages show slight tanning. Tucked into the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. Discovered early in the century, the shale holds the remains of an ancient sea that nurtured more varities of life than can be found in all of our modern oceans. Darwinian theory says that animals living so long ago were necessarily simple in design and limited in scope. But more recent interpretations unexpectedly reveal the great diversity locked in the shale. Explosive stuff, for it blasts the belief that the history of life has been a broadening of options and challenges the idea that humans crown the evolutionary process. Stephen Jay Gould advocates the role played in this process by chance. Things could easily have gone differently. It makes the reader wonder what might have been, and lets each of us provide our own answer.
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