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FULL HOUSE; The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin / Stephen Jay Gould
by Gould, Stephen Jay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517703947
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703946
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books / Crown Publishers, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Figures. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, illustrated with 36 in-text B&W figures (often charts), archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting by Whitney Cookman, [xiv] + 244 pages. Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002) was a very influential American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science who dividied his studies between Harvard, New York University, and the American Museum of Natural History. <br/> <br/> Gould's most significant contribution to evolutionary biology was the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972. He was also a pre-eminent essayist of natural history and large books on evolution and its theory.<br/> <br/> In April 2000, the US Library of Congress named him a "Living Legend."<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: Scarce thus SIGNED. No remainder marks.
Synopsis
Stephen Jay Gould is an internationally renowned evolutionary biologist and best-selling author, equally respected by academic and general interest readers. His books for the general reader include seven collections of essays (written for his monthly column in Natural History magazine, which he has done for over twenty years) and three original nonfiction works. Gould is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard and the Curator for Invertebrate Paleontology in the University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5127
- Title
- FULL HOUSE; The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin / Stephen Jay Gould
- Author
- Gould, Stephen Jay
- Illustrator
- Figures
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517703947
- ISBN 13
- 9780517703946
- Publisher
- Harmony Books / Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Evolution, biology, humans, survival, religion, faith, Christianity, science, knowledge, empiricism
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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