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Eight Little Piggies (1993) is the sixth volume of collected essays by the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The essays were selected from his monthly column "The View of Life" in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for 27 years.
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30. Apr. 2021 · Eight little piggies : reflections in natural history : Gould, Stephen Jay : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Gould, Stephen Jay. Publication date. 2007. Topics. Evolution (Biology) Publisher. London : Vintage Books. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
If evolution had taken a tiny shift - if our ancestors had inherited a couple of genes in a different form - our canonical number, based on our fingers and toes, might be eight instead of ten. This is just one of the oddities of history that Gould deploys in this wonderfully readable book.
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"There is no scientist today whose books I look forward to reading with greater anticipation of enjoyment and enlightenment than Stephen Jay Gould."—Martin Gardner, Eight Little Piggies, Reflections in Natural History, Stephen Jay Gould, 9780393311396
Published in 1993, 'Eight Little Piggies' is Stephen Jay Gould's sixth book of collected essays. These essays, besides being full of fascinating natural science facts and history, discuss Gould's horror at the loss of animals around the world for the first time in a section, Part one:
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Eight little piggies : reflections in natural history by Gould, Stephen Jay. Publication date 1993 Topics Natural history -- Philosophy -- Popular works, Evolution (Biology) -- Popular works Publisher New York : Norton Collection internetarchivebooks; pri ...
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