The flamingo's smile. Reflections in natural history
- 476pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Contains thirty of the author's essays from monthly columns in Natural History Magazine.
Gould Stephen Jay Libri
10 settembre 1941 – 20 maggio 2002
Stephen Jay Gould fu un eminente paleontologo e biologo evoluzionista americano, rinomato per la sua avvincente scrittura divulgativa scientifica. La sua ricerca empirica si concentrò principalmente sui gasteropodi terrestri e co-sviluppò la teoria dell'equilibrio punteggiato, che postula la stabilità evolutiva scandita da rapidi cambiamenti. Gould si oppose al selezionismo stretto e alla sociobiologia, sostenendo la compatibilità di scienza e religione come "magisteri" non sovrapposti. I suoi saggi e libri resero accessibili complesse idee scientifiche a un vasto pubblico.
The richness of life
- 656pagine
- 23 ore di lettura
There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living legends'. It is still more unlikely that the title should have been conferred on a man regarded by many in the US as a notorious ra
I Have Landed
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Throughout his work Gould has developed a distinctive and personal form of essay to treat great scientific issues in the context of biography. schovat popis
Wonderful Life
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Basing his argument around the history of science's treatment of the fossils of the Burgess shale, the author presents a view of evolution as a non-progressive system, which saw a wide range of early designs for life winnowed down to the relatively few basic designs that exist today.
This seventh collection of Stephen Jay Gould's natural history essays covers subjects ranging from fossils to ship worms, starting with a solar eclipse in New York, and finishing with bus stops in Greece.
Essays from the author's column This view of life, published in Natural history.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
- 1464pagine
- 52 ore di lettura
The book critiques classical Darwinism by examining its fundamental components, historical development, and origins. It challenges established beliefs and proposes a new framework for understanding evolutionary theory, encouraging readers to rethink traditional concepts in light of contemporary insights.
The Mismeasure of Man
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.
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
- 480pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
The title is a pun, and as always with Gould the joke has a point that illustrates the largest pattern of life's history. For millennia the animals that populated the earth had four toes on each foot, or six. If evolution had taken a tiny shift - if our a
