George Gaylord Simpson: Paleontologist and Evolutionist - Couverture souple

Laporte, Léo F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231120656 ISBN 13 : 9780231120654

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2000

Synopsis

In 1978 the distinguished paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson published his autobiography, Concession to the Improbable, which gave the basic facts of his life but left more questions than it answered. Now Léo F. Laporte presents this absorbing intellectual study of Simpson's major areas of work.

Focusing on Simpson's scientific contributions, Laporte provides chapters on Simpson's earliest paleontological research through his distinguished Alexander Agassiz professorship at Harvard and his extensive fieldwork for the American Museum of Natural History, where he developed the core themes set forth in his most prestigious work, Tempo and Mode in Evolution (Columbia University Press, 1944). Simpson was arguably the first evolutionary paleontologist to combine descriptive taxonomy with the modern approaches of genetics and statistical analysis.

Despite his brilliance Simpson was a difficult person to know; Laporte addresses the nature of Simpson's interpersonal problems with colleagues during his life. An introductory overview provides the biographical context of Simpson's career and provides the framework for his major paleontological and evolutionary contributions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Léo F. Laporte is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231120656
• ISBN 13: 9780231120654
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Columbia University Press; https://cup.columbia.edu/; ; OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 412 LOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY 535 W. 116THSTR; NEW YORK; NY; 10027; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible