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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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From his bestseller Wonderful Life to his splendid essays on endlessly interesting variations of evolution, Gould has raised the art of scientific writing to new heights. "Whether his topic is typewriter design, the technical triumph of Voyager or Joe...
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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities
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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities
by Stephen Jay Gould

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In his ?nal book and his ?rst full-length original title since Full House in 1996, the eminent paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the...
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Hedgehog the Fox & the Magisters Pox
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Hedgehog the Fox & the Magisters Pox
by Sthephen Gould

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In this volume, Stephen Jay Gould uses the centries-old confict between science and the humanities - between the notion of relying solely on experiment and that of reason and imagination - to delve into burning scientific issues of the past and present....
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Conversations about the End of Time
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Conversations about the End of Time
by Stephen Jay Gould

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There is nothing special about the year 2000, yet the start of the third millennium proved a focus for many deep anxieties and expectations. Four of the world's boldest and most celebrated thinkers offer a vast range of insights into how we make sense of...
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Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth & Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Gould's command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his giftfor brilliant explication, that he has brought dust and...
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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400...
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Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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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...
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The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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In his ninth collection of essays, bestselling scientist Stephen Jay Gould once again offers his unmistakable perspective on natural history and the people who have tried to make sense of it. In tandem with the closing of the millennium, Gould is...
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Questioning the Millennium Rev Edition
by Stephen Jay Gould

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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...
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Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Gould's command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his gift for brilliant explication, that he has brought dust and...
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Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the Vincent Astor visiting professor of biology at New York University. Recent books include Full House, Dinosaur in a Haystack and Questioning the...
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Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Award-winning, bestselling author, evolutionary biologist, and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould takes the art of the essay to an unprecedented height of excellence in this vibrant new collection of writings on science and natural history. From fads to...
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Mismeasure of Man
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Mismeasure of Man
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Conversations About the End of Time Uk E
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
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The Mismeasure of Man
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The Mismeasure of Man
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-430) and index....
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Bully for brontosaurus :reflections in natural history
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Bully for brontosaurus :reflections in natural history
by Stephen Jay Gould

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-524) and index....
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Book of Life
by Stephen Jay Gould

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A Flawed Work in Progress / Stephen Jay Gould -- Reconstructing (and deconstructing) the past / Stephen Jay Gould -- Life and time / Michael Benton -- Foundations: life in the oceans / J. John Sepkoski, Jr. -- The rise of the fishes / Michael Benton...
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould

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The final collection of Stephen Jay Gould's essays for Natural History magazine is both an intellectually thrilling consideration of the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book Gould ever published....
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