Lying Stones of Marrakech

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University and the curator for invertebrate palaeontology in the University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. He is the author of over twenty books, and received the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the MacArthur Fellowship. He died in May 2002. Klappentext Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the late 1970s up until till his death in 2002! his monthly essay in Natural History and his full-length books bridged the yawning gap between science and wider culture. "[Gould's] passionate commitment to precision and his sensitivity to the little wriggles of a million might have beens' make The Lying Stones of Marrakech not just accessible but stimulating as well."-- "The New York Times Book Review" "Vintage Gould: stimulating, erudite, and eminently enjoyable." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This collection evinces no dimming of Gould's humanistic brilliance." -- "Booklist" Zusammenfassung In this new collection of essays, Gould has once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the origins of palaeontology to modern eugenics and genetic engineering.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Jay Gould, Gould Stephen Jay
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2001
• EAN: 9780099285830
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928583-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, SCIENCE / Paleontology, SCIENCE / Essays, Biology, life sciences, The Earth: natural history: general interest