BOOKS by Stephen Jay Gould

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1	Mismeasure of Man more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould This text exposes the fatal flaws in intelligence testing and reaffirms the variety of human potential. Included are five new essays on questions of "The Bell Curve" in particular, and on race, racism and biological determinism in general. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.45! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould "Gould has brought to light one of the least known but most spectacular paleontological discoveries of all time....a brilliant tapestry."--Martin Gardner The Burgess Shale is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago. In it are the remains of an ancient sea that nurtured more varieties of life than can be found in all of our modern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea more books like this by Carl Zimmer The theory of evolution stands over modern biology as quantum mechanics and relativity do over modern physics. And few modern scientists are as widely familiar and celebrated as Darwin. Yet most of us remain less than entirely clear as to how evolution by natural selection works and a series of celebrated titles by such writers as Steven Jay Gould ... see all copies from $2.40! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould A collection of essays written since 1992 introducing the reader to natural science, and to the links between science, history and culture. The essays discuss subjects including New York City, Jurassic Park, the reconstruction of dinosaurs and the tragic myth of Frankenstein. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould The many fans who have come to expect a uniquely broad range of subject and elegant, discerning prose from Stephen Jay Gould will be delighted with this new collection, which the author considers by far his best. These essays record a sixty-year battle against creationism, the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the triumph of Voyager's fly-by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould This title shapes a unified and rational picture of nature, history, and life that is often at odds with what we intuitively 'know' to be true. The book asks the reader to reconceptualize their view of natural reality in a fundamental way. Just as a full house in poker expresses an excellence of all parts together, fortuitous in origin but shaped ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Hens Teeth and Horses Toes more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould 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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould Reissued in a larger format, this popular anthology offers an introduction to the wonders and depths of evolutionary biology. "A remarkable achievement by any measure . . . One is hard pressed to single out past writers who could wear the sobriquet of natural history essayist with such distinction".--Chicago Tribune. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| SVS
10	The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould "His fourth volume of imaginative, witty essays...equals Gould's prize-winning The Panda's Thumb and The Mismeasure of Man".--Publisher's Weekly. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.73! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould Writing with characteristic bracing intelligence and clarity, Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance. Instead of having to choose between science and religion, Gould asks why not opt for the golden resolution that accords dignity and distinction to both? In elaboration and exploring his thought ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.22! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Structure of Evolutionary Theory more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and ... see all copies from $21.47! new only from $34.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such is Stephen Jay Gould's command of paleontology and evolutionary theory, and his gift for brilliant explication, that he has brought dust and dead bones to life, and developed an immense following for the seeming arcana of this field. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Hedgehog, the Fox and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould In characteristic form, Gould weaves the ideas of some of Western society's greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to E.O. Wilson, with the uncelebrated ideas of lesser-known yet pivotal intellectuals. He uses the ideas of these men to undo an assumption born in the 17th century and continuing to this day, that science and the humanities stand ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.45! \| first editions
15 view cover	Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Supersition, and Other Confusions of Our Time more books like this by Michael Shermer, Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword by) This work presents a down-to-earth and sometimes funny survey of a range of contemporary irrationalisms, and explains their empirical and logical flaws. It tackles a variety of topics including creationism, Holocaust denial, race and IQ, cults and alien abductions, and the author looks at the research behind the claims and discredits the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould Gould looks at the origins of the term millennium in the Biblical prophecies, describes how the meaning of the word has evolved to its present usage, and tackles the debate over whether the millennium ends in 1999 or at the end of 2000AD. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould This collection of essays ranges from history to the latest theories in biology, from controversies over palaeontology to the origins of language. 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, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould, David A Levine (Illustrator) Here, Gould revels in life's complexity, attacking as he always has the bitter fruits of biological determinism and praising reason. In doing so, he awakens all of us to the pretty pebbles of evolutionary fact and thought. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Book of Life more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould A book which presents the compelling story of life on earth, a drama spanning over 600 million years and countless millions of life forms, all subjected to the irresistible forces of selection, survival and extinction which we call evolution. The story is told by a group of top scientists, bringing together all the latest findings in evolutionary ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $32.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould First published in 1998, this collection of essays contains some of Gould's best writing on a variety of subjects ranging from Leonardo da Vinci and Martin Luther to fossils and the history of science, including fascinating oddities from the natural world and the printed word. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould This 10th collection of Stephen Jay Gould's monthly essays for Natural History Magazine discusses evolutionary theory and the relationship between humanism and science, and adds scientific biography and autobiography to the mix. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.22! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Ever Since Darwin more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Rose (Editor), Paul McGarr (Editor) The most entertaining and enlightening writings by the beloved paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and celebrant of the wonder of life. ""Nature is so wondrously complex and varied that almost anything possible does happen....I rejoice in its] multifariousness and leave the chimera of certainty to politicians and preachers.""--from "Ever ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
24	Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Ontogeny and Phylogeny more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" was Haeckel's answer--the wrong one--to the most vexing question of nineteenth-century biology: what is the relationship between individual development (ontogeny) and the evolution of species and lineages (phylogeny)? In this, the first major book on the subject in fifty years, Stephen Gould documents the history ... see all copies from $5.01! new only from $24.97! \| first editions \| SVS

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