Hen's teeth and horse's toes /
| Основен автор: | Gould, Stephen Jay. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Norton,
c1983.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
| Предмети: |
Съдържание:
- I. Sensible oddities. Big fish, little fish
- Nonmoral nature
- The guano ring
- Quick lives and quirky changes. II. Personalities. Three geologists. The titular bishop of Titiopolis
- Hutton's purpose
- The stinkstones of Oeningen. Three biologists. Agassiz in the Galaapagos
- Worm for a century, and for all seasons
- A hearing for Vavilov. III. Adaptation and development. Adaptation. Hyena myths and realities
- Kingdoms without wheels
- What happens to bodies if genes act for themselves? Development. Hen's teeth and horse's toes
- Helpful monsters. IV. Teilhard and Piltdown. The Piltdown conspiracy
- A reply to critics
- Our natural place. V. Science and politics. Creationism. Evolution as fact and theory
- A visit to Dayton
- Moon, Mann, and Otto. Race and creed. Science and Jewish immigration
- The politics of census. VI. Extinction. Phyletic size decrease in Hershey bars
- The belt of an asteroid
- Chance riches
- O grave, where is thy victory? VII. A zebra trilogy. What, if anything, is a zebra?
- How the zebra gets its stripes
- Quaggas, coiled oysters, and flimsy facts.