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  • Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Paperback

    More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.

  • The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Paperback

    "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it." —P. B. Medawar, New York Review of Books

  • Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Paperback

    "[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."—James Gleick, New York Times Book Review

  • Longing for the Harmonies: Themes and Variations from Modern Physics

    Frank Wilczek, Betsy Devine

    Paperback

    "Occasionally, there comes along a popular science book that both scientists and non-scientist can read with pleasure and profit, and this is one."—The New Yorker

  • Greek Science After Aristotle

    G. E. R. Lloyd

    Paperback

    Although there is no exact equivalent to our term "science" in Greek, Western science may still be said to originate with the Greeks.