The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History - Couverture souple

Gould, Stephen Jay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393308197 ISBN 13 : 9780393308198

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 1992

Synopsis

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. 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.

Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393308197
• ISBN 13: 9780393308198
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible