I Have Landed
Ultimate Reflections in Natural History
Published on 13. June 2002
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-224-06299-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Illustrations
16pp b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-224-06299-2 (9780224062992)
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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.