Eight Little Piggies - Reflections in Natural History

Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays-his sixth since Ever Since Darwin-Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Jay Gould
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.1994
• EAN: 9780393311396
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31139-6
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 203 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 573 g
• Categoria: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione