A dazzling and generous selection of the best and most representative writing by one of the best loved scientists and science writers.
Stephen Jay Gould was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology
and Professor of Geology at Harvard and the Curator for
Invertebrate Palaeontology in the University's Museum of
Comparative Zoology. He died in May 2002.
Steven Rose is Professor of Biology and Director of the Brain and
Behaviour Research Group at The Open University, Visiting Professor
in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at
University College London, and, jointly with sociologist Hilary
Rose, Professor of Physic (genetics and society) at Gresham
College, London. His books include The Making of Memory (1992),
Lifelines (1997), Alas, Poor Darwin- Arguments Against Evolutionary
Psychology (with Hilary Rose) (2000) and The 21st-Century Brain
(2004).
Paul McGarr is a mathematics teacher in an east London secondary
school and a leading member of the Respect coalition in Tower
Hamlets. He is on the editorial board of the International
Socialism quarterly journal and has written regularly for that
journal on issues around science and society. He has written a
number of articles and books, including Marxism and the Great
French Revolution (1992) and Mozart- Overture to Revolution (2001).
This "best of Gould" collection leaves two strong impressions. One
is that evolution is as proven a fact as gravity but that how it
works is an unsolved problem. The other is that, for the
practitioners, science is fun
*The Times*
Georgeously crafted essays... entertaining... makes a plausible
case for supporting claims that the author was a modern-day
Montaigne of science... a rewarding read
*Sunday Telegraph*
A modern polymath
*Times Literary Supplement*
A great scientist and science writer
*Sunday Times*
A Western Science phenomenon. His quirkiness, his ability to
coalesce seemingly unconnected topics, and his individual passion
are qualities that help make him such a powerful writer
*Observer*
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