Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
Further Reflections in Natural History

Interesting. Gould wrote these essays around the time that the Alvarez meteoric impact theory was being published. This is something that we now know to be beyond doubt. But at the time, when it was just being introduced, the theory, and especially its association with the Cretaceous extinction, was......more

Volume 3 of the collected essays of this author was a mix as usual of rather dry ones I found hard to get into, and more interesting topics such as whether all varieties of zebra (there are three, each with distinctive stripe patterns) are actually related and whether the capacity for stripes is inh......more

la ciencia mola! 😝😝😝😝......more

Mostri Utili. In 30 brevi saggi l'autore viaggia nel tempo e nello spazio per affrontare diversi temi tutti correlati alla ricerca scientifica. (paleontologia e biologia in primis) Distrugge teorie antiquate e/o abominevoli (Maschilismo- Darwin sarà pur stato un genio nel suo campo, ma di cantonate ne......more

One of those good for you reads that’s info packed but a bit of a slog.......more