The Panda's Thumb
More Reflections in Natural History
By Stephen Jay Gould
- Publication Year (This Edition): 1980
- Year of First Publication: 1980
- Publication Type: Book
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9780393308198
- Library: Pusthakalaya · Washington, D. C.
- Call number: QH361 .G66 1980
- Dewey (DDC): 575.0162
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication: New York
- Original Price: 9.95 USD
- Keywords: Evolution (Biology)--History Natural selection--History
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.
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.