The Richness of Life

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 writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major books. Zusammenfassung Stephen Jay Gould's writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major books.

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• Autori: Stephen Gould, Stephen Jay Gould
• Con la collaborazione di: PAUL MCGARR (Editore), Steven Rose (Editore)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.05.2007
• EAN: 9780099488675
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948867-5
• Pagine: 656
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 49 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, The environment, Popular philosophy, Science / Environmental Science, Nature and the natural world: general interest, evolution; sociobiology; essays