Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould

Overview

"Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy Kidder

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393311037
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/1994
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	414
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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.

Date of Birth:

September 10, 1941

Date of Death:

May 20, 2002

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Boston, Massachusetts

Education:

B.S., Antioch College, 1963; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1967

What People are Saying About This

Tracy Kidder

Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature.

Editorial Reviews

"Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."

Tracy Kidder

"Delectable. . . . A happy evolutionary tour de force. Gould is a true natural philosopher in the grand tradition of the Enlightenment. Read, learn, and enjoy."

Washington Post Book World

His method is fairly consistent. Most of the essays begin with a nonscientific anecdote - about, say, the theme of a Rossini operatic aria....And before two pages are up, we are drawn effortlessly into an analysis of often profound biological questions....But over all, it is on the biological insights of the essays - and hence their social and philosophical implications - that this book (and indeed Mr. Gould himself) stands or falls. -- New York Times

Steven Rose