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- In his books Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977), The Mismeasure of Man (1981), Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle (1987), and Wonderful Life (1989), he traced the course and significance of various controversies in the history of evolutionary biology, intelligence testing, geology, and paleontology.
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Looking for books by Stephen Jay Gould? See all books authored by Stephen Jay Gould, including Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, and The Mismeasure of Man, and more on ThriftBooks.com.
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- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History.
- The Mismeasure of Man.
- The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History.
- Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History.
Sep 17, 1990 · In Wonderful Life, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould relates the impact of the scientific revision of the fossil specimens collected by Charles Walcott from the famous locality known as the Burgess Shale.
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- Punctuated Equilibria
- Recapitulation, Heterochrony, and Neoteny
- Spandrels, Developmental Constraints, and Exaptation
- Macroevolution, Levels of Selection, and Evo-Devo
In 1972, with his colleague Niles Eldredge, Gould published an article in which they developed the theory of punctuated equilibria. The article appeared in the journal Models in Paleobiology with the title “Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism.” In those years, it was commonly maintained that species evolved due to small gra...
Among Gould’s numerous books and articles, some of them turned out to be extremely influential – if not foundational – to evo-devo. With its historical analysis and theoretical contribution, Gould’s 1977 book Ontogeny and Phylogenyhas become a classic in the evo-devo literature. In this book, Gould discusses the concept of recapitulation as it was ...
In 1979, 2 years after the publication of Ontogeny and Phylogeny, Gould contrasted again some aspects of the evolutionary theory that were commonly accepted within the scientific community, with a paper that he co-authored with Richard Lewontin titled “The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programm...
In 2002, just a few months before his death, Gould published The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, in which he discusses macroevolution, adaptation, and the levels of selection. In writing his book, Gould did not address the public but a much more restricted audience. In fact, The Structure is a quite technical work and, as such, it received much a...
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3. Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History. This book is a collection of essays that explore the theory of evolution and its implications in natural history. The author uses his expertise in paleontology and evolutionary biology to discuss various topics such as human evolution, the science of classifying organisms, and the role of ...
May 16, 2024 · In his books Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977), The Mismeasure of Man (1981), Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle (1987), and Wonderful Life (1989), he traced the course and significance of various controversies in the history of evolutionary biology, intelligence testing, geology, and paleontology.
Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard’s outspoken and often controversial paleontologist whose groundbreaking work on evolutionary theory—coupled with his award-winning writings—brought an expanded world of science to thousands of readers.
