The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox by Stephen Jay Gould

The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox by Stephen Jay Gould

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Completed shortly before his death, this is the last work of science from the most celebrated popular science writer in the world.

In characteristic form, Gould weaves the ideas of some of Western society's greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to E.

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The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox by Stephen Jay Gould

Completed shortly before his death, this is the last work of science from the most celebrated popular science writer in the world. In characteristic form, Gould weaves the ideas of some of Western society's greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to E.
Pairs high brilliance with deep modesty* New Humanist *
Reading Gould is not merely a pleasure but an education and a chronicle of the times * Observer *
Not only one of the finest scientific minds of the later twentieth century, but also one of its greatest polymaths * The Times *
Gould strives to outline a more peaceful, mutually supportive view of the realtionship between the sciences and the humanities * Nature *
One of the best essayists in the business. He uses his wide background knowledge...as a bridge to entice non-scientists into sharing the excitement of scientific discovery and the curious, convoluted path of new ideas through history * Scotsman *
Stephen Jay Gould was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the curator for invertebrate palaeontology in the university's Museum of Comparative Zoology. He died in May 2002.
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ISBN 13 9780099440826
ISBN 10 0099440822
Title The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2004-03-04
Number of pages 288
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