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Stephen Jay Gould
An account of a revolution in our understanding of life’s history, this book tells how three obscure British scientists completely changed our view of evolution by discovering a unique group…
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Jay Stephens
"This volume collects Dwellings #1-6 originally published by Black Eye Books."
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Stephen Jay Gould was not only a leading paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, he was also a humanist with an enduring interest in the history and philosophy of science. The extraordinary…
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Stephen A. Jay
This book presents an empirical investigation into the attitudes of local planning authorities into the development of offshore wind farms, examining these findings in light of wider debates about the…
Stephen Jay Gould’s writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time…
Here is a set of reflections on the many areas of Gould’s intellectual life by the people who knew and understood him best. Mostly a critical assessment of his legacy…
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Roy's life was not going well. He was clever, very clever, but his boss didn't like him and finding other jobs in the computer industry at the ripe old age…
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Stephen Andrew Jay
The presence of high voltage power lines has provoked widespread concern for many years. High Voltage Electricity Installations presents an in-depth study of policy surrounding the planning of high voltage…
Stephen Jay,Lynn Jay
In 1988 Herb Fitch wrote to Stephen and Lynn Jay about his intent to take four years and write four books. This did not come to pass before his transition…
n 1988 Herb Fitch wrote to Stephen and Lynn Jay about his intent to take four years and write four books. This did not come to pass before his transition…
The Mystical Ladder to Elysian Fields reveals a way to climb from the illusionary consciousness of this world to the kingdom of God.Through the substance of inner realizations and…
Stephen Jay Kobrin
This book describes in detail how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) transforms developing economies in terms of industrialization and social change. The book presents a distinctive viewpoint that compares different regions…
Writing with bracing intelligence and clarity, Stephen Jay Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance–the apparent schism between science and religion.
This collection of essays apply biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the discovery of the scourge of syphilis by Fracastero in the…
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Stephen Gould examines the phenomenon of the millennium, describing how the meaning of the word has evolved to its modern usage, and tackling the debate over whether the millennium ends…
Argues that progress and increasing complexity are not inevitable features of the evolution of life on Earth. This book states that if we wish to see grandeur in life, we…
In this new collection of essays, Gould has once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history, ranging from the origins of palaeontology to…
For millennia the animals that populated the earth had four toes on each foot, or six. If evolution had taken a tiny shift - if our ancestors had inherited a…
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Weaves the ideas of some of Wester society’s greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to EO Wilson, with uncelebrated ideas of lesser-known yet pivotal intellectuals. This work of science their…
Stephen Jay Kline
This book provides a critique of our present approach of understanding and learning, putting the case for a multidisciplinary approach.
[An] extraordinary book… . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer… . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them…
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of…
From his bestseller Wonderful Life to his splendid essays on endlessly interesting variations of evolution, Gould has raised the art of scientific writing to new heights. Whether his topic is…
Stephen And Lynn Jay
All inhabitants of this terrestrial plane are, to some degree, influenced by a dual nature: an outward sense of mortal self and an inner sense of higher Self. This duality…
If I may be allowed a personal purpose, it is that through this Revelation, we may feel the presence of God.
-Herb Fitch, San Francisco 1968
Condensed Wisdom of Herb…
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…
This volume describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of Darwinism, examines the three critiques that challenge this Darwinian edifice and proposes a…
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In 1972 Gould took the scientific world by storm with a paper on punctuated equilibrium that launched the controversial idea that the majority of species originate in geological moments (punctuations)…
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny was Haeckel’s answer to 19th-century biology’s most vexing question: what is the relationship between individual development and the evolution of species and lineages? Gould documents the history…
Stephen Jay Gould’s subject is nothing less than geology’s signal contribution to human thought-the discovery of deep time, the vastness of earth’s history, a history so ancient that we can…
Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould’s first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all succeeding collections by this unique writer, it brings the art…
In a series of essays and vignettes, this book provides an exploration of the nature of evolution. Topics covered include the panda’s thumb, the Adactylidium mite which dies before it…
Lively and fascinating… . [Gould]writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature. -Tracy Kidder
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.
Jesus assures us in a clear, concise statement of hope and promise that those who hunger and desire to be filled will be. All those who hunger for spiritual wisdom-the…
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
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There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould. -Martin Gardner
His fourth volume of imaginative, witty essays…equals Gould’s prize-winning The Panda’s Thumb and The Mismeasure of Man .–Publisher’s Weekly. Photographs.
The biblical principles found in The 7 Minute Spiritual Manager simplify spiritual management and increase spiritual reactions and reaction time when incorporated with the basic concepts of management. The book…
