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Titolo: | Stephen Jay Gould : reflections on his view of life / / edited by Warren D. Allmon, Patricia H. Kelley, Robert M. Ross |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina: | 570 |
Soggetto topico: | Biology |
Natural history | |
Altri autori: | AllmonWarren D KelleyPatricia H RossRobert M |
Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2008. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-385) and index. |
"Bibliography: Stephen Jay Gould": p. [335]-379. | |
Nota di contenuto: | The structure of Gould : happenstance, humanism, history, and the unity of his view of life / Warren D. Allmon -- Diversity in the fossil record and Stephen Jay Gould's evolving view of the history of life / Richard K. Bambach -- The legacy of punctuated equilibrium / Dana H. Geary -- A tree grows in Queens : Stephen Jay Gould and ecology / Warren D. Allmon, Paul J. Morris, and Linda C. Ivany -- Stephen Jay Gould's winnowing fork : science, religion, and creationism / Patricia H. Kelley -- Top-tier : Stephen Jay Gould and mass extinctions / David C. Kendrick -- Stephen Jay Gould - what does it mean to be a radical? / Richard C. Lewontin and Richard Levins -- Evolutionary theory and the social uses of biology / Philip Kitcher -- Stephen Jay Gould's evolving, hierarchical thoughts on stasis / Bruce S. Lieberman -- Stephen Jay Gould : the scientist as educator / Robert M. Ross -- Stephen Jay Gould : remembering a geologist / Jill S. Schneiderman -- Gould's odyssey : form may follow function, or former function, and all species are equal (especially bacteria), but history is trumps / R.D.K. Thomas -- The tree of life : Stephen Jay Gould's contributions to systematics / Margaret M. Yacobucci -- Genetics and development : good as Gould / Robert L. Dorit -- Bibliography : Stephen Jay Gould / compiled by Warren D. Allmon. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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, the chapters offer a combination of intellectual bibliography, personal memoir, and reflection on Gould's diverse scientific achievements. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Stephen Jay Gould |
ISBN: | 0-19-045181-5 |
0-19-770204-X | |
1-281-86839-6 | |
9786611868390 | |
0-19-970649-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817055203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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