Eight Little Piggies

Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould

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English

Vintage
02 April 2007

Literary essays; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Evolution; Human biology; The natural world, country life & pets

This is the sixth in the great series of essays that the world's best science writer has produced. They range over a vast field, from history to the latest theories in biology, from controversies over palaeontology to the origins of language.

No one illuminates the wonderful workings of the natural world as perceptively and enjoyably as Stephen Jay Gould. In this volume of reflections on biology, history and culture, Gould addresses the burning issues of ecological crisis and contemporary species extinctions as well as giving us fascinating insights into evolution - such as the fact that the first land vertebrates had up to eight toes on each foot, and that the ichthyosaur had a very significant kink in its tail.

By: Stephen Jay Gould
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9780099507444
ISBN 10: 0099507447
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 02 April 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Jay Gould was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of geology at Harvard and the curator for invertebrate palaeontology in the university's Museum of Comparative Zoology. He died in May 2002.

Reviews for Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

Miraculously good The Times Remarkable... Gould takes his readers on tough-minded rambles across the visible surface of things... extraordinary Guardian Gould has a talent for making the scientific, and particularly the revolutionary, interesting and striking Sunday Times 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 Rather than serving up his science cold, Gould invariably puts a spin on it, taking his readers down the innumerable byways of history, literature and personal anecdote along the route to his theoretical conclusions Independent on Sunday