The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Stephen Jay Gould
Jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Jonathan Sleep
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"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 With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights. Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.
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Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University and the author of over twenty books.
After graduating from Georgia State University with a film degree, Jonathan Sleep went to work developing and creating shows for a TV production company in Atlanta. When the opportunity came for him to narrate audiobooks, he jumped in with both feet and hasn't looked back since.
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