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The Flamingo's Smile:

Reflections in Natural History
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W W Norton & Company Incorporated, Jan 1, 1987 - Nature - 476 pages
"Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane thinkers in the sciences." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review

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Review: The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History

User Review  - Debbie Wilson - Goodreads

I love all of Gould's books. There is nothing more fascinating than the world we live in with all it's peculiarities. Gould is THE expert in paleontology. His books are very scientific, so not an easy read, but for anyone who is really interested in paleontology he's the best. Read full review

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User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

"Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and ... Read full review

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brummellblog: Book Club: The Flamingo's Smile
The Flamingo's Smile. Reflections in Natural History. Stephen Jay Gould, 1985. Penguin, Markham Ontario. I've been sitting on this Book Club entry for too ...
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JSTOR: The Flamingo's Smile. Reflections in Natural History.
GENERAL BIOLOGY THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE. Reflections in Natural History. By Stephen Jay Gould. ww Norton & Company, New York. $8.95 (paper). ...
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The Flamingo's Smile (Main Page)
Stephen Jay Gould. The Flamingo's Smile. Reflections in Natural History. "Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangeredspecies ...
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The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould. (Illus.) ww Norton & Company Incorporated 1985 476pp. 0-393-30375-6 ...
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The Flamingo's Smile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History, published in 1985, is the fourth volume of collected essays from evolutionary biologist and well-known ...
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"His fourth volume of imaginative, witty essays...equals Gould's prize-winning The Panda's Thumb and The Mismeasure of Man".--Publisher's Weekly
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EVOLUTION AND THE .400 HITTER - New York Times
THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE Reflections in Natural History. By Stephen Jay Gould. Illustrated. 476 pp. New York: ww Norton & Company. $17.95. ...
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Stephen Jay Gould and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory
Stephen Jay Gould. and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory. This paper analyzes four popular essays on punctuated equilibrium by the late ...
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Garland Allen is a professor in the Biology Department of Washington University in St. Louis. He specializes in the history of 20th century biology, ...
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About the author (1987)

Born in New York City in 1941, Stephen Jay Gould received his B.A. from Antioch College in New York in 1963. He received a Ph.D. in paleontology from Columbia University in 1967 and has been a professor at Harvard University since then. He is also curator of invertebrate paleontology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. His research has been mainly in the evolution and speciation of land snails. Gould is a leading proponent of the theory of punctuated equilibrium. This theory holds that few evolutionary changes occur among organisms over long periods of time, and then a brief period of rapid changes occurs before another long, stable period of equilibrium sets in. An outspoken advocate of the scientific outlook, Gould has been a vigorous defender of evolution against its creation-science opponents in popular magazines focusing on science. He writes a column for Natural History and has produced a remarkable series of books that display the excitement of science for the layperson.

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