Urchin in the Storm - Essays about Books and Ideas

Reviews books about pandas, scientific research, evolution, culture, geology, the origin of the mind, testing bias, genetics, and scientific frauds.

Info autore

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Riassunto

"What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly stated."—Kirkus Reviews

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Jay Gould
• Con la collaborazione di: David A. Levine (Illustrazione)
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1988
• EAN: 9780393305371
• ISBN: 978-0-393-30537-1
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 327 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie