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Title: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 0-393-30818-9 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Trying to make the ineffable understandable
Comment: Jill had been trying to get me to read Gould for over a year. She subscribes to Natural History and so had a fresh dose every month to tackle me with. And I'm not sure of my reluctance. Jill would say that it's because I'm reluctant to do anything that she wants me to do--I'm not ready to admit that (I certainly hope that that's not true!). I think it may have been that I didn't want to add Natural History to my voluminous stack of stuff yet to read-- cleverly forgetting, if I had ever truly realized it, that Gould's column was collected, and continuously being collected, in a series of volumes, of which this one is the first. Maybe I just wanted to start from the beginning.
It's a good thing that Jill had introduced me to some later Gould, because this, while genuinely entertaining, and definately intellectually stimulating, is a rougher mix. Gould has grown as a writer (and probably as a scientist) since originally starting his column.
This isn't a book to try to read at one sitting (I think it's been at my bedside for the last year) because it is thick and meaty. While Gould attempts to write at a level that a layman can understand, he doesn't simplify things. It's a tough slog through some of these essays, but always worth the effort. I've got the next volume by the bedside now, and I look forward to growing with Gould.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
Comment: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould is a collection of essays, his first, that brings together his knowledge, wit and intellectual musings to the art of writing a scientific essay as no other can.
There are 33 essays in the tome that are unparalleled and are far beyond any of his contemporaries, but brought to us by his unmatched ability, so the common man can understand his intrinsic intuitive profundity.
Gould brings us essays on Darwiniana, Human Evoution, Odd Organisms and Evolutionary Exemplars, Patterns and Punctuation in the History of Life, Theories of the Earth, Size and Shape, from Churches to Brains to Planets, Science in Society-- a Historical View, The Scince and Politics of Human Nature. All of these are thought provoking with a sophistication unmatched in the realm of science today.
As we read on in the book, we see the knowledge brought to us. Can we who read this comprehend both the lessons and the limits of scientific understanding here? Gould brings us his thoughts, as we read, I can only wonder and learn. This is a remarkable achievement.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stephen Jay Gould's First Great Natural History Essay Tome
Comment: All of Stephen Jay Gould's admirable traits as a splendid scientist, fine historian of science and gifted writer are prominently on display in this elegant collection of essays; the first of many he published from his celebrated essay column "This View Of Life", which was published for over twenty five years in Natural History, the popular journal of the American Museum of Natural History. Gould brilliantly illustrates the explanatory power of Darwin's theory of evolution via natural selection, discusses some of the most fascinating discoveries from a fresh, more mathematically rigorous, approach to paleontology to which he, himself, contributed, and ruminates on the sociology of science in one exceptional essay after another. He does this in engaging, often lyrical, prose, in which he draws analogies from literature, film and baseball to make his cogent points. Anyone who enjoys great writing, especially on science, won't be disappointed with this tome nor the rest in Gould's essay collection series.
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Title: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 0393308197 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 0393311031 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 039330857X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 0393303756 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Dinosaur in a Haystack : Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 0517703939 Publisher: Harmony Books Pub. Date: 12 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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