Biography - Gould, Stephen Jay (1941-2002): An article ...
This digital document, covering the life and work of Stephen Jay Gould, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 6826 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300- ... [... more]
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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a ...
 In this new edition of Questioning the Millennium, best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould applies his wit and erudition to one of today's most pressing subjects: the significance of the millennium. In 1950 at age eight, prompted by an issue of Life ... [... more]
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Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
Gould's seventh collection of essays covers a wide range of subjects in natural history, literature, and popular culture--from the wisdom of Charles Darwin to that of the Old Testament Psalms, from the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park to the dinosaurs of the ... [... more]
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Genetics and the Origin of Species (Classics of Modern ...
Featuring an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould, Genetics and the Origin of Species presents the first edition of Dobzhansky's groundbreaking and now classic inquiry into what has emerged as the most important single area of scientific inquiry in the ... [... more]
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention ... [... more]
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The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould
The most entertaining and enlightening writings by the beloved paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and celebrant of the wonder of life. "Nature is so wondrously complex and varied that almost anything possible does happen....I rejoice in (its) ... [... more]
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Punctuated Equilibrium
In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium, written with Niles Eldredge. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the career of one of the most influential ... [... more]
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Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology
Alfred Russel Wallace was thirty-five and stricken with malaria in the Moluccan Islands when, in a feverish 'flash of light,' he stumbled on the theory of natural selection. It was his letter to Charles Darwin about the discovery that panicked Darwin ... [... more]
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The Mismeasure of Man
How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it," and "Who's asking?"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's ... [... more]
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The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
awestruck When I first cracked this book as a graduate student, I had little idea of what I was in for: sure, I expected a little on Darwin's theories and some history, but nothing else. What I found was an astonishingly rich panorama of issues connected ... [... more]
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Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life
Revered and eminently readable essayist Stephen Jay Gould has once again rendered the complex simple, this time mending the seeming split between the two "Rocks of Ages," science and religion. He quickly, and rightfully, admits that his thesis ... [... more]
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Crossing Over Where Art and Science Meet
Crossing Over, the latest of three collaborations between scholar Stephen Jay Gould and artist Rosamond Wolff Purcell, brings together thought-provoking essays and uncannily beautiful photographs to disprove the popular notion that art and science exist ... [... more]
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