I Have Landed

Splashes and Reflections in Natural History

Stephen Jay Gould

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Vintage
01 July 2003

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Popular science; The natural world, country life & pets

'Matchless examples of the strengths of a historical imagination roaming across a scientific subject' Guardian

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Throughout his work Gould has developed a distinctive and personal form of essay to treat great scientific issues in the context of biography. With I Have Landed, Gould once again applied biographical perspectives to the illumination of key scientific concepts and their history. Ranging from the discovery of the new scourge of syphilis by Fracastero in the sixteenth century and Isabelle Duncan's nineteenth-century attempt at reconciling scripture and palaeontology to Freud's weird speculations about human phylogeny and recent creationist attacks on the study of evolution. As always, the essays brilliantly illuminate and elucidate the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that have fuelled the enterprise of science and opened our eyes to a world of unexpected wonders.

By: Stephen Jay Gould
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 298g
ISBN: 9780099749714
ISBN 10: 0099749718
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 July 2003
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. His books include Ever Since Darwin, Wonderful Life, Questioning the Millennium, Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, The Lying Stones of Marrakech and, most recently, Rocks of Ages.

Reviews for I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History

Gems of evolutionary and natural-history wisdom -- Steven Rose * Sunday Times * Not only one of the finest scientific minds of the later 20th century, but also one of its greatest polymaths... A wonderfully eclectic collection-a fine introduction to a brilliant mind * The Times * It is hard to think of any one else with this combination of polymathic ability and of sheer cheek...original and controversial...quintessentially revealing * Spectator * This is not a book for the bedside table. It sets the mind racing too wildly for sleep * New Scientist * High in emotion and rich in historical perspective-one of our most gifted and productive science writers... He pioneered an explosion in the popularisation of science but has never been bettered in the process -- Robin McKie * Observer *