Gould Stephen Jay Libros

Stephen Jay Gould, el más famoso de los científicos naturales de nuestro tiempo, nos ha enseñado a entender la ciencia y a comprender el mundo con agudeza y buen humor. Todos sus libros son piezas esenciales del bagaje cultural que necesitamos. En este libro nos muestra el poder explicativo de la teoría evolutiva a partir de singularidades aparentemente misteriosas e intrigantes: «¿Por qué ningún gran animal se desplaza sobre ruedas? ¿Cómo puede inducirse a las gallinas a que desarrollen dientes, cuando hace más de cincuenta millones de años que no se han formado en ninguna ave? ¿Por qué coincidió la desaparición de los dinosaurios con la extinción de gran parte de los invertebrados marinos? Las cebras, ¿Son blancas con franjas negras, o negras con franjas blancas?»

Contains thirty of the author's essays from monthly columns in Natural History Magazine.

There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living legends'. It is still more unlikely that the title should have been conferred on a man regarded by many in the US as a notorious ra

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Throughout his work Gould has developed a distinctive and personal form of essay to treat great scientific issues in the context of biography. schovat popis

Basing his argument around the history of science's treatment of the fossils of the Burgess shale, the author presents a view of evolution as a non-progressive system, which saw a wide range of early designs for life winnowed down to the relatively few basic designs that exist today.

This seventh collection of Stephen Jay Gould's natural history essays covers subjects ranging from fossils to ship worms, starting with a solar eclipse in New York, and finishing with bus stops in Greece.

Essays from the author's column This view of life, published in Natural history.

The book critiques classical Darwinism by examining its fundamental components, historical development, and origins. It challenges established beliefs and proposes a new framework for understanding evolutionary theory, encouraging readers to rethink traditional concepts in light of contemporary insights.

The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding collections by this unique writer, it brings the art of the scientific essay to unparalleled heights.