Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574533428 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 379 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Illustrations. His topics are diverse: Edgar Allan Poe's bestseller, a textbook on shells; Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam as an account of the psychology of mourning; the infamous Wannsee Protocol, Hitler's plan for the "final solution of the Jewish question." Gould is a master of making connections?Linnaeus and Erasmus Darwin (Charles's grandfather), the Razumosky brothers, Aleksei and Andrei; King Lear and the importance of negative results. As might be expected, Gould takes a swipe at creationists. He discusses evolutionary spin-doctoring, fossil whales, movies (Jurassic Park), museums and theme parks. From P
Elegant and erudite Lynn Harnett Gould's 1996 collection of essays for "Natural History" magazine ranges over the broad and varied terrain of his intellect and curiosity, educating and satisfying the reader with elegance, wit and powerful reasoning.Gould delights in juxtaposing literature and science, the familiar and the unexpected. He chooses "Cordelia's dilemma" - her refusal to compete with her sisters in making loud protestations of love for their father, King Lear - as an analogy for "publication bias" - the reluctance of journals to publish boring negative results in favor of more i. "Neither Gould Nor Sagan Will Be Replaced In Our Era" according to Dai-keag-ity. Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History, by Stephen Jay Gould, is one of the twentieth-century's great, approachable thinkers presenting what turned out to be among his final projects. Consisting of a collection of his articles as well as additional thoughts written strictly for this book, Dr. Gould herein tackles topics that range from Poe to the environment, dinosaurs to nautical lore, modern museum architecture, to, yes, of course, his favorite subject, one he rightly or wrongly unfailingly championed to the too-soon end of his days, evolu. dinosaur in a haystack: postcolonial reading Dinosaur in a Haystack Stephen Jay GouldPenguin. RRP $2dinosaur in a haystack: postcolonial reading simon.gibson@vuw.ac.nz Dinosaur in a Haystack Stephen Jay GouldPenguin. RRP $24.95Reviewed by Simon Gibson I have to admit to not normally reading books of scientific essays, its not something that I usually consider doing, so I was necessarily hesitant when I picked up Dinosaur in a Haystack. I think it fair to say that I was pleasantly surprised by its readability - Gould manages to communicate without straying into the obtuse diction so often the stock of technical treatises. This collection of 32 essays is, and this makes them interesting to read, diverse in subject. It remin. .95Reviewed by Simon Gibson I have to admit to not normally reading books of scientific essays, its not something that I usually consider doing, so I was necessarily hesitant when I picked up Dinosaur in a Haystack. I think it fair to say that I was pleasantly surprised by its readability - Gould manages to communicate without straying into the obtuse diction so often the stock of technical treatises. This collection of 32 essays is, and this makes them interesting to read, diverse in subject. It remin
Simultaneous hardcover release from Crown. 12 cassettes.. Covering a range of subjects from paleontology, dinosaurs and other fossils, to the fascinating, strange phenomena of life on earth today, this is a collection of the best essays from the last three years of Natural History