Eight Little Piggies
Reflections in Natural History
Seiten
1994
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-31139-6 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-31139-6 (ISBN)
"There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin Gardner
Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays—his sixth since Ever Since Darwin—Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.
Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays—his sixth since Ever Since Darwin—Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.
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.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.5.1994 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 142 x 211 mm |
Gewicht | 520 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-31139-2 / 0393311392 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-31139-6 / 9780393311396 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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