Dinosaur in a Haystack
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| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
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| Publisher | Harmony Books |
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Publication date
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December 12, 1995 |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 0-517-70393-9 |
| OCLC | 33892123 |
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| LC Class | QH366.2 .G659 1995 |
| Preceded by | Eight Little Piggies |
| Followed by | Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms |
Dinosaur in a Haystack (1995) is the seventh volume of collected essays by the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The essays were culled from his monthly column "The View of Life" in Natural History magazine, which Gould contributed for 27 years. The book deals typically in discursive fashion with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution, science biography, probabilities, and common sense. One essay analyzes the controversial conchology textbook, The Conchologist's First Book, edited by Edgar Allan Poe in 1839.
From Publishers Weekly
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In his seventh volume of witty and erudite essays, Gould casts a wide net, though he always returns to the central theme of evolution. His topics are diverse: Edgar Allan Poe's bestseller, a textbook on shells; Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam as an account of the psychology of mourning; the infamous Wannsee Protocol, Hitler's plan for the "final solution of the Jewish question." Gould is a master of making connections--Linnaeus and Erasmus Darwin (Charles's grandfather), the Razumosky brothers, Aleksei and Andrei; King Lear and the importance of negative results. He discusses evolutionary spin-doctoring, fossil whales, movies (Jurassic Park), museums and theme parks. As might be expected, Gould takes a swipe at creationists. Dinosaur measures up in every way to Bully for Brontosaurus; readers will not be disappointed.[1]
— Publishers Weekly, review
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External links
- Snails, Frankenstein and King Lear's Daughter - by Phillip Lopate, The New York Times
- Up Against the Wall - by Steve Jones
- Essay Summaries - by Lawrence N. Goeller
- Dinosaur in a Haystack Review - by Danny Yee
- Book review by Kathryn Denning
- Two Cultures - by Howard A. Doughty, Innovation Journal
- Dinosaur in a Haystack
- Hooking Leviathan by Its Past
- Dinomania
- Cordelia's Dilemma
- Of Tongue Worms, Velvet Worms, and Water Bears
- Happy Thoughts on a Sunny Day in New York City
- Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate&
- Audio from the Prologue - MP3
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Books by Stephen Jay Gould
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