Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2010-11-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0393340821

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"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best."--John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review


Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Language: en
Pages: 544
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ide
Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin Ga
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-09-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell thes
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
Language: en
Pages: 413
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Evolution
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher:

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Lively and fascinating. . . . Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature. Tracy Kidder
I Have Landed
Language: en
Pages: 431
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Gould’s final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, pub