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Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

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W. W. Norton & Company, Nov 29, 2010 - Science - 413 pages

"Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy Kidder

Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the "peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature," Gould introduces the reader to some of the many and wonderful manifestations of evolutionary biology.
  

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Review: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

User Review  - Marc - Goodreads

Gould compendium of articles. Classic Gould. Read full review

Review: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

User Review  - Evelyn - Goodreads

Quite good essays. All seem to espouse both knowledge and method. Read full review

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Contents

Prologue
1 Sensible Oddities
1 Big Fish Little Fish
2 Nonmoral Nature
3 The Guano Ring
4 Quick Lives and Quirky Changes
2 Personalities
5 The Titular Bishop of Titiopolis
16 The Piltdown Conspiracy1
17 A Reply to Critics
18 Our Natural Place
5 Science and Politics
19 Evolution as Fact and Theory
20 A Visit to Dayton
21 Moon Mann and Otto
22 Science and Jewish Immigration

6 Huttons Purpose
7 The Stinkstones of Oeningen
8 Agassiz in the Galápagos
9 Worm for a Century and All Seasons
10 A Hearing for Vavilov
3 Adaptation and Development
11 Hyena Myths and Realities
12 Kingdoms without Wheels
13 What Happens to Bodies if Genes Act for Themselves?
14 Hens Teeth and Horses Toes
15 Helpful Monsters
4 Teilhard and Piltdown
23 The Politics of Census
6 Extinction
24 Phyletic Size Decrease in Hershey Bars
25 The Belt of an Asteroid
26 Chance Riches
27 O Grave Where Is Thy Victory?
7 A Zebra Trilogy
28 What If Anything Is a Zebra?
29 How the Zebra Gets Its Stripes
30 Quaggas Coiled Oysters and Flimsy Facts
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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.

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