by Stephen Jay Gould

Synopsis: The Panda’s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History is a collection of 31 essays by the Harvard University paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. It is the second volume culled from his 27-year monthly column “This View of Life” in Natural History magazine. Recurring themes of the essays are evolution and its teaching, science biography, probabilities and common sense. – Wikipedia

First Published: 1980 | ISBN-13: 978-0393308198

Unofficial Author’s Homepage: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/
Official Author’s Homepage: http://www.sjgarchive.org/

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