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  • Macroevolutionaries

    Reflections on Natural History, Paleontology, and Stephen Jay Gould

    One of the twentieth century’s great paleontologists and science writers, Stephen Jay Gould was, for Bruce S. Lieberman and Niles Eldredge, also a close colleague and friend. In Macroevolutionaries, they take up the tradition of Gould’s acclaimed essays on natural history, offering a series of wry and insightful reflections on the fields to which they have devoted their careers.Lieberman and ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • Living on Earth

    Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

    One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Wonderful Life

    The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

    "[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."—James Gleick, New York Times Book ReviewHigh in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Letters to a Young Scientist

    Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Great Fossil Enigma

    The Search for the Conodont Animal

    Series series Life of the Past
    A fascinating, comprehensive, accessible account of conodont fossils—one of paleontology's greatest mysteries: "Deserves to be widely read and enjoyed" ( Priscum).Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the eel-like conodont animal as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The search for its identity confounded scientists for more than a century. Some thought ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

    More Reflections in Natural History

    "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."—P. B. Medawar, New York Review of BooksWith sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Why Darwin Matters

    The Case Against Intelligent Design

    "Shermer is savage about the shortcomings of intelligent design and eloquent about the spirituality of science . . . An invaluable primer." — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewScience is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology.In Why Darwin Matters, bestselling ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Ever Since Darwin

    Reflections in Natural History

    More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

    An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

    de David Quammen ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewTwenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Rereading the Fossil Record

    The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline

    "David Sepkoski's book is the first to examine the rise of paleobiology and the emergence of macroevolution as a discipline in the 1970s." —Kevin Padian, University of California, BerkeleyRereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

    "Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

    "Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy KidderOver a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the "peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature," Gould introduces the reader to some of ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD