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Books by Subject
Natural History
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback
W.W. Norton, Aug. 1992
ISBN:0393308197
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With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the
commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued
in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, 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. Illustrations.
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"His fourth volume of imaginative, witty essays...equals Gould's
prize-winning The Panda's Thumb and The Mismeasure of Man."--Publisher's
Weekly. Photographs.
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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Paperback Reissue edition
(April 1994)
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.;
ISBN: 0393311031 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 8.21 x 5.43
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Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback
Crown Publications, Jan. 1997
ISBN: 0517888246
Synopsis
Award-winning, best-selling author, evolutionary biologist, and
paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould takes the art of the essay to an unprecedented
height of excellence in this vibrant new collection of writings on science and
natural history. From fads to fungus, baseball to beeswax, Gould always circles
back to the great themes of time, change, and history, carrying readers home to
the centering theme of evolution. --This text refers to the hardcover edition
of this title
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Rocks of Ages : Science and Religion
in the Fullness of Life (Library of Contemporary Thought)
By Stephen Jay Gould
Hardcover - 224
pages 1 edition (March 1999)
Ballantine Books (Trd); ISBN:
0345430093 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.02 x 8.39 x 5.55
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Revered and eminently readable essayist Stephen Jay Gould has once
again rendered the complex simple, this time mending the seeming split between
the two "Rocks of Ages," science and religion. He quickly, and rightfully,
admits that his thesis is not new, but one broadly accepted by many scientists
and theologians. Gould begins by suggesting that Darwin has been misconstrued--that
while some religious thinkers have used divinity to prove the impossibility
of evolution, Darwin would have never done the reverse.
Gould eloquently lays out not "a merely diplomatic solution" to rectify the physical and metaphysical, but "a principled position on moral and intellectual grounds," central to which is the elegant concept of "non-overlapping magisteria." (Gould defines magisteria as a "four-bit" word meaning domain of authority in teaching.) Essentially, science and religion can't be unified, but neither should they be in conflict; each has its own discrete magisteria, the natural world belonging exclusively to science and the moral to religion.
Gould's argument is both lucid and convincing as he cites past religious and scientific greats (including a particularly touching section on Darwin himself). Regardless of your persuasions, religious or scientific, Gould holds up his end of the conversation with characteristic respect and intelligence. --Paul Hughes
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