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

Gould, Stephen Jay

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9780393013801: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393013804 ISBN 13: 9780393013801
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1980

Synopsis

Octavo, Blue Cloth Wrapped Spine With Cream Color Boards, PP.343, B & W Illustrations, His Third Book Signed And Inscribed At The Half Title Page “For Mike Williams Best Wishes & Thanks For The Look At Spineless Sharks & Other Wonders” Stephen Jay Gould; Gould signed very little and this copy to a contributing academic at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is interesting

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About the Author

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.

Review

“It is a wonder what Mr. Gould can do with the most unlikely phenomena: a tiny organism's use of the earth's magnetic field as a guide to food and comfort, for instance, or the panda's thumb―which isn't one...Science writing at its best.”
- The New Yorker

“Stephen Jay Gould is a serious and gifted interpreter of biological theory, of the history of ideas, and of the cultural context of scientific discovery...The Panda's Thumb is fresh and mind-stretching. Above all, it is exultant. So should its readers be.”
- H. Jack Geiger, New York Times Book Review

“Gould can do no wrong...As long as he writes, you cannot help but read―and enjoy.”
- Isaac Asimov

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Publication date
1980
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393013804
ISBN 13 
9780393013801
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
344
Rating
  • 4.13 out of 5 stars
    6,888 ratings by Goodreads