Ebook {Epub PDF} The Pandas Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould

 · The Panda's Thumb has ratings and 83 reviews. 'An early collection of Stephen Jay Gould's essays from his column in Natural History magazine, The The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History () is a collection of 31 essays by the Harvard University paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. "Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the history of ideas, and of the cultural context of scientific discovery The Panda's Thumb is fresh and mind-stretching. Above all, it is exultant. So should its readers be." New York Times Book Review - H. Jack GeigerPrice: $ Excerpted from "The Panda's Thumb" out of The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould, W.W Norton Company, New York, "Our textbooks like to illustrate evolution with examples of optimal design—nearly perfect mimicry of a dead leaf by a butterfly or of a poisonous species by a [tasty] relative.

The Reflections in Natural History book series by Stephen Jay Gould includes books Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History, Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes, and several more. See the complete Reflections in Natural History series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and. The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History - Kindle edition by Gould, Stephen Jay. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould (, Mass Market, Reprint) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould. The Panda's Thumb has ratings and 83 reviews. 'An early collection of Stephen Jay Gould's essays from his column in Natural History magazine, The The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History () is a collection of 31 essays by the Harvard University paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History: Author: Stephen Jay Gould: Edition: reprint: Publisher: W. W. Norton Company, ISBN: X, Length: pages.