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Bully for Brontosaurus (Paperback)

by Stephen Jay Gould (Author)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (1 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099893509
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099893509
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 940,854 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This text is a metaphor for the way individuals and unpredictable events influence history. In response history, suggests the author, is the best model for evolution. The author explores the science of improbable outcomes in this wide ranging book written on the evolutionary theme.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great essays from a great essayist, 12 Nov 2006
By C. A. Gallagher (Bristol) - See all my reviews
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This was the first set of Stephen Jay Gould's essays that I read and is probably still my favourite. Gould takes subjects as varied as the origin of the QWERTY keyboard, the 18th century fad of mesmerism, travels of the Voyager space probe and weaves them into topics from evolution and the natural sciences. I find it impossible to read Gould's work without feeling that I have learnt something. Great stuff.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Praise from a natural science gradualist, 30 Jan 2004
By Mr N Maunder (Flixton, Manchester United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I read this book looking to criticize, but instead I gave great praise. This book is perfect for natural science students with an interest in natural history, but is written with enough humour to keep the interest of anyone with even a passing interest in natural science.
There is a great deal of criticism in science journals and popular science books about some of Goulds ideas and I am no exception. As a gradualist I find Goulds ideas on punctuated equilibrium contraditory to what we real find in nature. Despite this everything esle about these essays is brillient. Gould shows a massive amount of knowledge about natural history, zoology and history and knows how to put it over with out needing to give too much scientific detail.
This book is fun and easy to read, you will learn a lot about things you may have thought you already knew about and it will open your eyes to many new lines of thought.
A great book for everyone interested in science.
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful collection of wonderful essays, 27 Jun 2008
By J. Baker "evil_chutney" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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these essays are both beautifully written and incredibly thought provoking. i couldn't put this one down.
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4.0 out of 5 stars this book is great
this is the first book i have read by Gould although i have come across himand his theories through journals while at university. it is instantly readable and enjoyable.
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