An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and IdeasW. W. Norton & Company, 1988 - 255 Seiten "What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving -- for reasons well and truly stated." -- Kirkus Reviews Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection. "No one knows more about Darwin and about evolution than Stephen Gould does. No one writes more clearly on these subject then Stephen Gould does. No one is better equipped to deal with fallacies, however crude or however subtle, in this field than Stephen Gould is. This collection of reviews is my proof." -- Isaac Asimov
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Inhalt
Preface | 9 |
Evolutionary Theory | 17 |
How Does a Panda Fit? | 19 |
Cardboard Darwinism | 26 |
Misserving Memory | 51 |
The Ghost of Protagoras | 62 |
Time and Geology | 73 |
The Power of Narrative | 75 |
Four Biologists | 155 |
Triumph of a Naturalist | 157 |
Thwarted Genius | 169 |
Exultation and Explanation | 180 |
Calling Dr Thomas | 189 |
In Praise of Reason | 197 |
Pleasant Dreams | 199 |
The Perils of Hope | 208 |
Deep Time and Ceaseless Motion | 93 |
Biological Determinism | 105 |
Genes on the Brain | 107 |
Jensens Last Stand | 124 |
Nurturing Nature | 145 |
Utopia Limited | 216 |
Integrity and Mr Rifkin | 229 |
The Quack Detector | 240 |
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