Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Author: Stephen Jay GouldEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-04-17
ISBN: 039330857X
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Summary: 4 Stars
My commendation of Stephen Jay Gould is in the way of a class action review. I do not remember reading anything by this author that was not satisfying and worthwhile - though sometimes at odds with my own views. This collection of essays was simply the latest I had found at the library when I wrote this review (some years ago). Gould's explorations of science and its cultural relevance, his clear explanations of arcane points of evolutionary theory, and his evident excitement about learning make him one of my faves. Why is the QWERTY keyboard (on which I am typing this review) a good example of the tendency of evolutionary changes to persist? What can we learn about creationism from the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball? How might the popularization of dinosaurs be used to improve science education? Why is birth only a point on a continuum? Why do kiwis lay enormous eggs, and what does that tell us about scientific research? This is brain candy of the first order. Check it out.
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