The Panda's Thumb

Name: The Panda's Thumb
Author: Stephen Jay Gould

by Stephen Jay Gould

Essays examining adaptation, evolution and the clever designs of nature

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Stephen Jay Gould

American paleontologist and science writer who proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge and wrote some of the best popular science essays of the 20th century. The Mismeasure of Man was a devastating critique of scientific racism. His Natural History columns were collected in eight volumes.

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The Mismeasure of ManCritique of scientific racism and the misuse of biological measurement
Wonderful LifeStudy of the Burgess Shale revealing unexpected diversity in early life
Bully for BrontosaurusEssays on natural history and evolutionary theory with humor and insight
Full HouseArgues that progress is not inherent in evolution but in human perspective
Ontogeny and PhylogenyExamines how evolutionary development of organisms relates to evolutionary history
Ever Since DarwinEssays reflecting on evolution since Darwin and modern evolutionary science