Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University, and the Curator for Invertebrate Palaeontology in the University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. His publications include Eight Little Piggies, Wonderful Life, Ever Since Darwin, The Panda's Thumb, Dinosaur in a Haystack and, most recently, Life's Grandeur.
The approach of the millenium elicits all those responses in
Stephen Jay Gould which make him today's finest spokesman for the
joys of science. The rationalist in him is horrified yet fascinated
by the tradition of "Apocalypse soon" prophecies...What is clear
from this splendid book - crisp, clever and chirpy as ever - is
that Stephen Jay Gould will go down as one of the real turns of the
century.
*Independent*
Questioning the Millenium tackles our eternal fascination with
round-numbered years from a whole range of historical,
philosophical and scientific viewpoints...If you are going to buy
one millennial stocking filler, but this one.
*Scotland on Sunday*
Gould not only enriches the texture of his writing with each
successive phase...He would not be the great science writer that he
is if he were not also a great humanist.
*New Statesman*
Gould's personal interest is as exuberant and authentic as ever,
and one good reason for it is offered by an epilogue which both
fascinates and touches, and is best left as a surprise.
*Irish Times*
Even Gould has millennial fever, and he has three questions: what exactly does the concept of "millennium" mean, when does the new one really start, and why are we so fascinated by it all?
The approach of the millenium elicits all those responses in
Stephen Jay Gould which make him today's finest spokesman for the
joys of science. The rationalist in him is horrified yet fascinated
by the tradition of "Apocalypse soon" prophecies...What is clear
from this splendid book - crisp, clever and chirpy as ever - is
that Stephen Jay Gould will go down as one of the real turns of the
century. -- Roy Porter * Independent *
Questioning the Millenium tackles our eternal fascination
with round-numbered years from a whole range of historical,
philosophical and scientific viewpoints...If you are going to buy
one millennial stocking filler, but this one. -- David Jessel *
Scotland on Sunday *
Gould not only enriches the texture of his writing with each
successive phase...He would not be the great science writer that he
is if he were not also a great humanist. -- Marek Kohn * New
Statesman *
Gould's personal interest is as exuberant and authentic as ever,
and one good reason for it is offered by an epilogue which both
fascinates and touches, and is best left as a surprise. -- Michael
Viney * Irish Times *
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