An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas

An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-11-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0393340902


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"What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly stated."—Kirkus Reviews Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection.


An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Stephen Jay Gould
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-29 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly
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Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors:
Categories: Military art and science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher:

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Sub-Saharan Africa & U.S. National Interests
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Anthony D. Marley
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-06 - Publisher: DIANE Publishing

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Four articles include: U.S. national interests in Sub-Saharan Africa; a military model for conflict resolution in Sub-Saharan Africa; phantom warriors: disease
Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Language: en
Pages: 2800
Authors: Carl C. Gaither
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-04 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This unprecedented collection of 27,000 quotations is the most comprehensive and carefully researched of its kind, covering all fields of science and mathematic
Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Cassandra L. Pinnick
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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This volume presents the first systematic evaluation of a feminist epistemology of sciences' power to transform both the practice of science and our society. Un