288쪽 / 140*210mm / 9780393308181(0393308189) "A remarkable achievement by any measure.... [Gould] is a writer of great natural wit, and his sophistication and learning range far beyond...biology."--Chicago Tribune Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould's first book, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Like all of Gould's succeeding collections, it brings the art of the scientific essay to unparalleled heights. Its genius? Gould's ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate science. 15 illustrations. Prologue p. 11 Darwin's Delay p. 21 Darwin's Sea Change, or Five Years at the Captain's Table p. 28 Darwin's Dilemma: The Odyssey of Evolution p. 34 Darwin's Untimely Burial p. 39 A Matter of Degree p. 49 Bushes and Ladders in Human Evolution p. 56 The Child as Man's Real Father p. 63 Human Babies as Embryos p. 70 The Misnamed, Mistreated, and Misunderstood Irish Elk p. 79 Organic Wisdom, or Why Should a Fly Eat Its Mother from Inside p. 91 Of Bamboos, Cicadas, and the Economy of Adam Smith p. 97 The Problem of Perfection, or How Can a Clam Mount a Fish on Its Rear End? p. 103 The Pentagon of Life p. 113 An Unsung Single-Celled Hero p. 119 Is the Cambrian Explosion a Sigmoid Fraud? p. 126 The Great Dying p. 134 The Reverend Thomas' Dirty Little Planet p. 141 Uniformity and Catastrophe p. 147 Velikovsky in Collision p. 153 The Validation of Continental Drift p. 160 Size and Shape p. 171 Sizing Up Human Intelligence p. 179 History of the Vertebrate Brain p. 186 Planetary Sizes and Surfaces p. 192 On Heroes and Fools in Science p. 201 Posture Maketh the Man p. 207 Racism and Recapitulation p. 214 The Criminal as Nature's Mistake, or the Ape in Some of Us p. 222 Why We Should Not Name Human Races- a Biological View p. 231 The Nonscience of Human Nature p. 237 Racist Arguments and Iq p. 243 Biological Potentiality Vs. Biological Determinism p. 251 So Cleverly Kind an Animal p. 260 Epilogue p. 268 Bibliography p. 272 Index p. 277