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The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
Evolutionary theory is the theme that binds together these essays on such seemingly disparate topics as the feeding habits of flamingos, flowers and snails that change from male to female and sometimes back again, and the extinction from baseball of the .400 hitter.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1987
- Pages: 478
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 1.40in - 1.24lb
- EAN: 9780393303759
- Categories: • Essays• Life Sciences - Evolution
About the Author
Gould, Stephen Jay: - 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.
Praise for this book
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