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Stephen Jay Gould


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Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Most of Gould's empirical research was on land snails. Gould helped develop the theory of punctuated equilibrium, in which evolutionary stability is marked by instances of rapid change. He contributed to evolutionary developmental biology. In evolutionary theory, he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology as applied to humans, and evolutionary psychology. He campaigned against creationism and proposed that

 Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Most of Gould's empirical research was on land snails. Gould helped develop the theory of punctuated equilibrium, in which evolutionary stability is marked by instances of rapid change. He contributed to evolutionary developmental biology. In evolutionary theory, he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology as applied to humans, and evolutionary psychology. He campaigned against creationism and proposed that science and religion should be considered two compatible, complementary fields, or "magisteria," whose authority does not overlap.

Many of Gould's essays were reprinted in collected volumes, such as Ever Since Darwin and The Panda's Thumb, while his popular treatises included books such as The Mismeasure of Man, Wonderful Life and Full House.
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess... Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
4.14 avg rating — 10,059 ratings — published 1989 — 48 editions
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The Mismeasure of Man The Mismeasure of Man
4.06 avg rating — 9,106 ratings — published 1982 — 63 editions
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The Panda's Thumb: More Ref... The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflecti... Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
4.14 avg rating — 3,522 ratings — published 1977 — 50 editions
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Bully for Brontosaurus: Ref... Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
4.17 avg rating — 3,110 ratings — published 1991 — 28 editions
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Dinosaur in a Haystack Dinosaur in a Haystack
4.11 avg rating — 2,506 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions
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The Flamingo's Smile: Refle... The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
4.18 avg rating — 2,409 ratings — published 1985 — 43 editions
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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toe... Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History
4.11 avg rating — 2,215 ratings — published 1983 — 38 editions
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Full House: The Spread of E... Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
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The Structure of Evolutiona... The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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“Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”
― Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man

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