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The Panda´s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould
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Description for The Panda´s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Paperback. "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."-P. B. Medawar, New York Review of Books Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393308198
SKU
V9780393308198
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About Stephen Jay Gould
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.
Reviews for The Panda´s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
"It is a wonder what Mr. Gould can do with the most unlikely phenomena: a tiny organism's use of the earth's magnetic field as a guide to food and comfort, for instance, or the panda's thumb—which isn't one…Science writing at its best."
The New Yorker "Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the ... Read more
The New Yorker "Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the ... Read more