I Have Landed: Ultimate Reflections in Natural History

I Have Landed: Ultimate Reflections in Natural History

by StephenJayGould (Author)

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In this collection of essays from Natural History magazine, Gould has once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the discovery of the new scourge of syphilis by Fracastoro in the 16th century and Isabelle Duncan's 19th-century attempt at reconciling scripture and paleontology to Freud's weird speculations about human phylogeny and recent creationist attacks on the study of evolution. The essays illuminate and elucidate the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that have fuelled the enterprise of science and opened our eyes to a world of unexpected wonders.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 13 Jun 2002

ISBN 10: 0224062999
ISBN 13: 9780224062992

Author Bio
Stephen Jay Gould is Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. His books include Ever Since Darwin, Wonderful Life, Questioning the Millennium, Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, The Lying Stones of Marrakech and, most recently, Rocks of Ages.