The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History - Tapa blanda

Gould, Stephen Jay

 
9780393308198: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
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ISBN 10: 0393308197 ISBN 13: 9780393308198
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 1992

Sinopsis

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights.

Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.

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Acerca del autor

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393308197
ISBN 13 
9780393308198
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
352
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