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Gould, Stephen Jay. The Panda's Thumb - More Reflections in Natural History. First Edition. Toronto, George J. McLeod, 1980. 14.5cm x 21.5cm. 343 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Gould delights and instructs us, deepening and extending his examination of evolution, a centrepiece of modern science. Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr.Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? How does Mickey Mouse's evolution mirror our own? What do the panda's magical thumb and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? These questions lie on a continuum between timeless science and singular history and touch us all. Never have their sweet and bitter mysteries been explained with such wit, beauty and elegance. Includes the following chapters: Perfection and Imperfection: A Trilogy on a Panda's Thumb, Natural Selection and the Human Brain: Darwin vs Wallace, Darwin's Middle Road, A Biological Homage to Mickey Mouse, Piltdown Revisted, Our Greatest Evolutionary Step.
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Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the history of ideas and of the cultural context of scientific discovery. . . . "The Panda's Thumb" is fresh and mind-stretching. Above all, it is exultant. So should its readers be. --H. Jack Geiger"
It is a wonder what Mr. Gould can do with the most unlikely phenomena: a tiny organism's use of the earth's magnetic field as a guide to food and comfort, for instance, or the panda's thumb--which isn't one...Science writing at its best.
Gould can do no wrong...As long as he writes, you cannot help but read--and enjoy.--Isaac Asimov
About the Author
Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0393013804
- ISBN 13 9780393013801
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages344
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THE PANDA'S THUMB More Reflections in Natural History
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, Hardcover/Pappeinband. Condition: Gut. Auflage: First Edition. 344 Seiten Fresh and clean hardcover copy in good condition with original dustjacket which shows some signs of wear. Frisches und sauberes Hardcover-Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit Original-Schutzumschlag, der einige Gebrauchsspuren aufweist. Contents: 1 Perfection and Imperfection: A Trilogy on a Panda s Thumb - 2 Darwiniana - 3 Human Evolution - 4 Science and Politics of Human Differences - 5 The Pace of Change - 6 Early Life - 7 They Were Despised and Rejected - 8 Size and Time ISBN 9780393013801 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540. Seller Inventory # 1254433
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Condition: BUONO USATO. INGLESE Volume di scienze naturali di seconda mano, caratterizzato, al suo interno da un'estesa macchia da umido che interessa la parte superiore le libro che mostra pagine comunque pienamente godibili, tonalità ingiallite dalla luce, muffe ai tagli. Copertina rilegata mezza-tela con titoli impressi in oro al dorso schiarito da fattore tempo, angoli leggermente ammaccati, macchiato il bordo di testa del piatto posteriore, ombrature disomogenee da polvere. Il volume potrebbe contenere timbri, il materiale è stato regolarmente acquisito dalla nostra Libreria. N. pag. 343. Seller Inventory # TSM0288
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. For better science students, this is a collection of 31 essays on natural history. Both books in box set. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123771945
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 8vo pp. 343, "Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.". book. Seller Inventory # 310583
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