Eight Little Piggies
Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould (Author)
"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
Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essays—his sixth since Ever Since Darwin—Gould speaks of the importance of unbroken connections within our own lives and to our ancestralgenerations. Along with way, he opens to us the mysteries of fish tails, frog calls, and other matters, and shows once and for all why we must take notice when a seemingly insignificant creature is threatened, like the land snail Partula from Moorea, whose extinction he movingly relates.
Book Details
- Paperback
- April 1994
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ISBN 978-0-393-31139-6
- 5.6 × 8.3 in
/ 480 pages
- Territory Rights: Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Endorsements & Reviews
“A lovely mixture of bizarre facts, nice arguments, clever insights into the workings of evolution and a quality of writing that can make your skin prickle.. . . Gould has given us a feast.” — Nature
“Like the master, Darwin, [Gould] has a gift for metaphor—for finding striking analogies that highlight the organizing principles behind Nature.” — Newsday
“Who could resist a title like that—and, knowing the author, who wouldn't surmise that Gould . . . demonstrate[s] that five fingers and five toes are not the primordial/canonical mammalian standard. . . . Essays that reveal Gould in midlife, as passionate and articulate as ever, but older and wiser.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Few writers of popular science have given more pleasure to more readers than Stephen Jay Gould. . . . He packs a clout few science writers can match.” — New York Times Book Review
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