Stephen Jay: 67 books

Docente universitario, paleontologo, evoluzionista, divulgatore, tifoso di baseball, esegeta biblico, uomo di impegno politico e sociale, conferenziere, editorialista: tutto questo è stato Stephen Jay Gould. Dovunque sia passato, con le sue idee, con i suoi scritti, ha lasciato un segno duraturo....

"Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."—P. B. Medawar, New York Review of Books With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical...

"Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review

"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing...

'A wonderfully international and up-to-date perspective on strategic environmental assessment of land use plans by leading experts in the field. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Land Use Planning covers not only how much such SEAs are carried out and in what context, but whether they are effective...

Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after...

Our current intellectual system provides us with a far more complete and accurate understanding of nature and ourselves than was available in any previous society. This gain in understanding has arisen from two sources: the use of the 'scientific method', and the breaking up of our intellectual enterprise...

Esta es una de las obras fundamentales del gran paleontólogo recientemente fallecido y uno de los alegatos científicos más devastadores de las teorías racistas. En sus páginas, Gould estudia los diversos intentos realizados a lo largo del tiempo para medir la inteligencia humana: primero a través...

En sus páginas encontraremos historias sorprendentes (como la de George el Solitario, el último superviviente de una especie de tortugas que habrá desaparecido cuando él muera), descubriremos aspectos desconocidos de la historia de los seres vivos (que los primeros vertebrados terrestres tenían...

A brand new collection of great parenting advice -- fun, non-judgmental, and amazingly helpful!   3 great books help you become a better, happier parent… and raise happier, less stressed, more successful children!   When it comes to parenting, nobody’s perfect, nobody can do it all,...

Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting...

Hours of great reading await, with tales of war and military adventure by some of the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ranging from classics of the Civil War to the World Wars to the future of war -- and many other battlefields -- here more than 640 pages of military fiction! Included...

A brand new collection of world-class supply chain design solutions… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!   3 authoritative eBooks deliver state-of-the-art guidance for designing and optimizing highly competitive global supply chains!   This unique 3 eBook...

An anthology of twelve original short stories by top authors exploring real issues for real teens. Through prose and comics alike, these heart-pounding short stories for young adults ask hard questions about a range of topics from sexuality and addiction to violence and immigration. Here is...