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HOW THE LEOPARD CHANGED ITS SPOTS: The Evolution of Complexity
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which challenges some of Darwin's ideas, demonstrating flaws in Darwinian theory and suggesting that organisms are not merely in competition but also frequently cooperate and display altruism and creativity. Illustrated. References, suggestions for further reading, index. xvi, 252 pp. ISBN: 0-02-5447106.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 56084More details Price: $17.50 -
AN URCHIN IN THE STORM: Essays about Books and Ideas.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Norton, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of reviews which together make provocative and entertaining reading - on Darwin, evolution, contemporary science and more. Illustrated. Index. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-02492x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33275More details Price: $12.50 -
THE LYING STONES OF MARRAKECH: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Harmony, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Essays on paleontology, the early years of the study of natural history as a science, Darwin, evolution and more. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-609-601423.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 51566More details Price: $15.00 -
EIGHT LITTLE PIGGIES: Reflections in Natural History
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth volume of his essays - 31 essays on "the disparate but related issues of time, change, and organic evolution. Gould critically explores a cascade of ideas that shed new light on ecology, human nature, vertebrate anatomy, neo-Darwinism, and mass extinctions " Illustrated with drawings. Bibliography, index. 479 pages. ISBN: 0-39303416X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71652More details Price: $18.00 -
EVOLUTION OF RACISM: The Human Differences and the Use and Abuse of Science.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book by this award-winning scientist and author, which "combines a history of evolutionary theory with a study of its impact on ideas about race and racism to explain how the fear of making politically unacceptable discoveries has prevented scientists from honestly exploring human racial differences." Includes a discussion of the work of Darwin, Thomas Huxley and Ashley Montagu as well as less well-known but influential figures like Ernst Haeckel, the father of the eugenics movement and Carleton Coons who became the subject of a bitter academic feud. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the late noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens. Notes, Bibliography, Index. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-671754602.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82376More details Price: $35.00