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Gould: The Panda’s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History (W.W. Norton,1992)

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Subject
Science & Technology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subjects
Mathematics & Sciences
Age Level
Adults
ISBN
9780393308198

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393308197
ISBN-13
9780393308198
eBay Product ID (ePID)
275725

Product Key Features

Book Title
Panda's Thumb : more Reflections in Natural History
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Natural History, Essays
Genre
Science
Author
Stephen Jay Gould
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.6 in

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Trade
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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., 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., Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the history of ideas, and of the cultural context of scientific discovery...The Panda's Thumb is fresh and mind-stretching. Above all, it is exultant. So should its readers be., Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the history of ideas and of the cultural context of scientific discovery. . . . The Panda's Thumb is fresh and mind-stretching. Above all, it is exultant. So should its readers be.
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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. 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., "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
LC Classification Number
 QH366.2

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