Critical Essay | Critical Essay by Derek Lovejoy

Critical Essay by Derek Lovejoy

SOURCE: Lovejoy, Derek. “The Dialectical Paleontologist: Popular Science Writings of Stephen Jay Gould.” Science and Society 55, no. 2 (summer 1991): 197-208.

In the following essay, Lovejoy discusses Gould's body of work, drawing particular attention to The Mismeasure of Man, Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, and Wonderful Life.

1. Ever since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1977.
2. The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1982.
3. Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1983.
4. The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1985.
5. An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas. New York: W. W. Norton, 1987.
6. The Mismeasure of Man. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981.
7. Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1987; London: Penguin...
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