I Have Landed: Ultimate Reflections in Natural History - Hardcover

Gould, Stephen Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224062999 ISBN 13: 9780224062992

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

In this collection of essays from "Natural History" magazine, Gould has once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the discovery of the new scourge of syphilis by Fracastoro in the 16th century and Isabelle Duncan's 19th-century attempt at reconciling scripture and paleontology to Freud's weird speculations about human phylogeny and recent creationist attacks on the study of evolution. The essays illuminate and elucidate the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that have fuelled the enterprise of science and opened our eyes to a world of unexpected wonders.

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Review:

"Gems of evolutionary and natural-history wisdom" (Steven Rose Sunday Times)

"Not only one of the finest scientific minds of the later 20th century, but also one of its greatest polymaths... A wonderfully eclectic collection-a fine introduction to a brilliant mind" (The Times)

"It is hard to think of any one else with this combination of polymathic ability and of sheer cheek...original and controversial...quintessentially revealing" (Spectator)

"This is not a book for the bedside table. It sets the mind racing too wildly for sleep" (New Scientist)

"High in emotion and rich in historical perspective-one of our most gifted and productive science writers... He pioneered an explosion in the popularisation of science but has never been bettered in the process" (Robin McKie Observer)

Book Description:

'Matchless examples of the strengths of a historical imagination roaming across a scientific subject' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0224062999
• ISBN 13: 9780224062992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320