Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Year: 2006
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Upon his death in 2002, Stephen Jay Gould stood at the pinnacle among observers of the natural world, recognized by Congress as a "living legend." His prodigious legacy - sixteen best-selling and prize-winning books, dozens of scientific papers, an unbroken series of three hundred essays in
- combined to make Gould the most widely read science writer of our time. This indispensable collection of forty-eight pieces from his brilliant oeuvre includes selections from classics such as
and
, plus articles and speeches never before published in book form.
This volume, the last that will bear his name, spotlights his elegance, depth, and sheer pleasure in our world - a true celebration of an extraordinary mind.
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