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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History

2010-11-29 Science
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Release : 2010-11-29
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Book Synopsis Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History by : Stephen Jay Gould

Download or read book Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History written by Stephen Jay Gould. This book was released on 2010-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

1990-09-17 Science
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Release : 1990-09-17
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 209/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by : Stephen Jay Gould

Download or read book Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History written by Stephen Jay Gould. This book was released on 1990-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[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 Review High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

2010-11-29 Nature
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Release : 2010-11-29
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 848/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History by : Stephen Jay Gould

Download or read book Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History written by Stephen Jay Gould. This book was released on 2010-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin Gardner Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays—his sixth since Ever Since Darwin—Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.

My Beloved Brontosaurus

2013-04-16 Science
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Release : 2013-04-16
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 768/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis My Beloved Brontosaurus by : Brian Switek

Download or read book My Beloved Brontosaurus written by Brian Switek. This book was released on 2013-04-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013 One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring Science Books A Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff Pick Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective imagination. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life into old bones. Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the sex life of Apatosaurus and T. rex's feather-laden body to just why dinosaurs vanished. (And of course, on his journey, he celebrates the book's titular hero, "Brontosaurus"—who suffered a second extinction when we learned he never existed at all—as a symbol of scientific progress.) With infectious enthusiasm, Switek questions what we've long held to be true about these beasts, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs, which started when he was just knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our own evolution and our place on Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that dinosaur fans and anyone interested in scientific progress will cherish for years to come.

I Have Landed

2011-10 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011-10
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 624/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis I Have Landed by : Stephen Jay Gould

Download or read book I Have Landed written by Stephen Jay Gould. This book was released on 2011-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gould’s final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he ever published.

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