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Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Stephen Jay Gould
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Description for Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 71 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
“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 Jay Gould documents the history of the idea of recapitulation from its first appearance among the pre-Socratics to its fall in the early twentieth century.
Mr. Gould explores recapitulation as an idea that intrigued politicians and theologians as well as scientists. He shows that Haeckel’s hypothesis—that human fetuses with gill slits are, literally, tiny fish, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
Weight
760g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674639416
SKU
V9780674639416
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About Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books, including Ontogeny and Phylogeny and Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle (both from Harvard).
Reviews for Ontogeny and Phylogeny
In Gould’s…new book…Ontogeny and Phylogeny, a scholarly study of the theory of recapitulation, he not only explains scientific theory but comments on science itself, with clarity and wit, simultaneously entertaining and teaching… [This] is a rich book.
James Gorman
New York Times Book Review
Steven Jay Gould has given us a superb analysis of the use of ... Read more
James Gorman
New York Times Book Review
Steven Jay Gould has given us a superb analysis of the use of ... Read more