Eight Little Piggies - by Stephen Jay Gould (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Acclaimed science writer Gould explores continuity in relation to environmental deterioration and the potential massive extinction of the earth's species. The sixth volume in a series of essays begun in 1974 and first published in Natural History magazine. Author lectures.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 <em>Ever Since Darwin</em>--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 <em>Partula</em> from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.<br /><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A lovely mixture of bizarre facts, nice arguments, clever insights into the workings of evolution and a quality of writing that can make your skin prickle.. . . Gould has given us a feast.-- "Nature"<br><br>Few writers of popular science have given more pleasure to more readers than Stephen Jay Gould. . . . He packs a clout few science writers can match.-- "New York Times Book Review"<br><br>Like the master, Darwin, [Gould] has a gift for metaphor--for finding striking analogies that highlight the organizing principles behind Nature.-- "Newsday"<br>
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