Eight Little Piggies Reflections in Natural History [Paperback]

Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of collected essayshis sixth sinceA lovely mixture of bizarre facts, nice arguments, clever insights into the workings of evolution and a quality of writing that can make your skin prickle.. . . Gould has given us a feast.Few writers of popular science have given more pleasure to more readers than Stephen Jay Gould. . . . He packs a clout few science writers can match.Like the master, Darwin, [Gould] has a gift for metaphorfor finding striking analogies that highlight the organizing principles behind Nature. 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