The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox
Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: March 23, 2004
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-5153-3 (1-4000-5153-3)

In his final book, eminent paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the humanities—twin realms of knowledge that have historically been divided against each other.

To establish his two protagonists, Gould draws from a 7th century... Read more >

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Written by Stephen Jay Gould, Jonathan Crary and David Quammen

Format: Hardcover, 328 pages
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
On Sale: January 5, 2004
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 978-1-58093-118-2 (1-58093-118-9)

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I Have Landed
The End of a Beginning in Natural History
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: April 22, 2003
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4804-5 (1-4000-4804-4)

Here is bestselling scientist Stephen Jay Gould’s tenth and final collection based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he has... Read more >

Rocks of Ages
Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-45040-1 (0-345-45040-X)

"People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict."... Read more >

Questioning the Millennium
A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown (Revised Edition)
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: August 24, 1999
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-60541-7 (0-609-60541-0)

In this new edition of Questioning the Millennium, Gould applies his wit and erudition to one of today's most pressing subjects: the significance of the millennium.

In 1950 at age eight, prompted by an issue of Life magazine marking the century's midpoint, Stephen Jay Gould started thinking about the approaching turn of... Read more >

Full House
The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
Written by Stephen Jay Gould

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: September 16, 1997
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-80140-6 (0-609-80140-6)

Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400 hitting in baseball is a fact to be bemoaned; or that... Read more >