Why read Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes?

Book cover of Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

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Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the "peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature," Gould introduces the reader to some of the many and wonderful manifestations of evolutionary…

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2 authors picked Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

David Seaborg

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It is educational science, well written, easy to understand for the layman, nice writing style, interesting, full of information, engaging, makes people interested in science and evolution.

From David's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

David F. Prindle

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Until his death in 2002, Gould, a Harvard paleontologist, was probably the best-known natural scientist in the United States. What was not always recognized was that virtually every line Gould penned proceeded along two tracks, the scientific and the political. A leftist who started his career as a Marxist and developed into a more orthodox liberal, Gould had a genius for combining scientific lessons with political disputation and presenting that combination in lucid, interesting prose. No single book summarizes all of his political/evolutionary views. This one, in which he discusses many fascinating aspects of natural history while demolishing the views…

From David's list on the politics of evolution.