Volume 34, Number 9 · May 28, 1987
The Metaphor and the Rock
By Frank J. Sulloway
OTHER WORKS BY STEPHEN JAY GOULD DISCUSSED IN THIS ESSAY
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
by Stephen Jay Gould
Harvard University Press, 222 pp., $17.50
"Is Uniformitarianism Necessary?"
by Stephen Jay Gould
American Journal of Science, Vol. 263, 223-228 pp.
"Punctuated Equilibria: An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism,"
by Stephen Jay Gould, with Niles Eldredge. in T.J.M. Schopf, ed. Models in Paleobiology
Freeman, Cooper & Co., 82-115 pp.
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
by Stephen Jay Gould
Harvard University Press (Belknap Press), 501 pp., $8.95 (paper)
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Norton, 285 pp., $4.95 (paper)
"The Spandrels of San Marcos and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme,"
by Stephen Jay Gould, with R.C. Lewontin. in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 205 (1979)
581-598 pp.
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Norton, 344 pp., $5.95 (paper)
The Mismeasure of Man
by Stephen Jay Gould
Norton, 352 pp., $5.95 (paper)
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
by Stephen Jay Gould
Norton, 416 pp., $6.95 (paper)
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Norton, 476 pp., $8.95 (paper)
Ever since the appearance of Ontogeny and Phylogeny a decade ago, Stephen Jay Gould has continued to delight and inform a wide spectrum of readers and, in doing so, to defy C.P. Snow's lament about the 'two cultures' of the sciences and the humanities. Gould's monthly column in Natural History magazine, published under the heading 'This View of Life,' has led to a series of highly praised volumes of essays—Ever Since Darwin (1977), The Panda's Thumb (1980), Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes (1983), and most recently The Flamingo's Smile (1985). In addition, Gould's Mismeasure of Man (1981), which won the National Book Critics' Circle Award, analyzed the questionable character of intelligence testing and emphasized the many personal and cultural biases that have led researchers astray in this field. Given the sheer amount of Gould's publications, which include numerous scientific publications as well, Gould's readers have been kept busy indeed absorbing his prodigious output.
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