Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes - Softcover

Stephen Jay Gould

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393302008 ISBN 13: 9780393302004

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1984

Synopsis

Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the "peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature," Gould introduces the reader to some of the many and wonderful manifestations of evolutionary biology.

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Review:

As witty as he is learned, Gould has a born essayist's ability to evoke the general out of fascinating particulars. . . . He is a thinker and writer as central to our times as any whose name comes to mind. . . . Whether he is explaining how zebras get their stripes, [or] why it is fallacious to assume that extinction means biological 'failure' . . . Gould's passion for truth an generosity of spirit make him one of nature's true wonders. --Gene Lyons"

Delectable. . . . A happy evolutionary tour de force. Gould is a true natural philosopher in the grand tradition of the Enlightenment. Read, learn, and enjoy. "

Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature.--Tracy Kidder

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0393302008
• ISBN 13: 9780393302004
• Binding: Paperback