The flamingo's smile. Reflections in natural history
- 476 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Contains thirty of the author's essays from monthly columns in Natural History Magazine.
Stephen Jay Gould Books
September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002
Stephen Jay Gould was a preeminent American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, renowned for his compelling popular science writing. His empirical research primarily focused on land snails, and he co-developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which posits evolutionary stability punctuated by rapid change. Gould opposed strict selectionism and sociobiology, advocating for science and religion as compatible, non-overlapping "magisteria." His essays and books made complex scientific ideas accessible and engaging to a broad audience.
The richness of life
- 656 pages
- 23 hours of reading
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
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
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
- 1464 pages
- 52 hours of reading
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
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
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
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
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
