The Panda’s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Stephen Jay Gould With a touch of humor‚ geology‚ evolutionary theory‚ biology‚ cartoon characters and even some references to baseball‚ The Panda’s Thumb definitely makes excellent reading for people with all types of interests. The old cliché‚ "Don’t judge a book by its cover‚" or in this case‚ title‚ holds true for The Panda’s Thumb. Theories concerning adaptations of the panda are only a fraction of the many exciting facts held within
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The chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s Bully for Brontosaurus titled “To Be A Platypus” touches on the discovery and classification of the duck-billed platypus native to Australia. The chapter opens with a note on the origin of the telegram‚ in which the platypus was first described using the four words “monotremes oviparous‚ ovum meroblastic” by Cambridge biologist W. H. Caldwell. Fundamentally‚ this translates to the platypus being a mammal that possesses a duck-like bill and lays eggs. The “duckbill”
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Analyze J&R Electronics using competitive forces and value chain models. What is its business model and business strategy? How does it provide value? • J&R’s use of Loyalty’s Labs’ Blue Martini software is a classic example of Michael Porter’s approach to using the internet as an “enabling strategy” and as a “complement to and not a cannibal of traditional ways of competing”. Unique visitors are customers that go directly to the J&R site versus arriving through another site. Once there‚ J&R offers
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The dinosaurs and their demise are one of‚ if not the most intriguing question that leaves everyone bewildered. The first recorded discovery of the dinosaurs dates approximately in the mid-1800s‚ thus sparking the interest into the study known today as paleontology. A paleontologist by the name of Stephen Jay Gould elaborated his point of view on the subject and compiled what he thought were the three best arguments he was aware of at the time. Prior to presenting the theories he chose‚ he explains
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God. In Stephen Jay Gould’s essay "Nonmoral Nature" (1984)‚ he explores this highly controversial issue by posing the question: "If God is good and if creation reveals his goodness‚ why are we surrounded with pain‚ suffering‚ and apparently senseless cruelty in the animal world?" He uses the life span of the parasitic ichneumon wasp to illustrate a scientific view that the concept of evil is limited to human beings and that the world of nature is unconcerned with it. To some degree Gould may be
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and amazing things. From beheadings and stonings to climbing the tallest mountains and crossing the largest oceans. Between Mark Twain’s “The Lowest Animal” and Stephen Gould’s “A Time of Gifts” there will be a great difference about the aspects of human existence. Mark Twain believes that mankind is evil and barbaric‚ while Stephen Gould thinks although evil occurs‚ humans come together in time of need with care and love for one another. Mark Twain expresses his feelings about humankind by saying
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Carol Li October 1‚ 2014 Period 3 Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10‚ 1941 the son of Leonard and Eleanor Gould. His father was a court reporter and part-time‚ unpaid naturalist. Leonard Gould was a self-taught man who took his son to the American Museum of Natural History when the boy was five years old. It was there where Gould decided to devote his life to studying geologic periods. Gould was reading about evolution by age eleven. In high school he encountered the
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The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould examines some of the ways Americans have attempted to classify its citizens in regards to their intelligence. Most importantly‚ it focuses on the many ways that prejudices have influenced the way we choose to view certain groups of people. There have been many different attempts to try and assign intellectual values to different groups of people. Often times‚ these attempts are supposedly based on scientific principles and research which are often manipulated
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while a biologist might see it as a research facility. Similarly‚ Charles Goodwin “Professional Vision” examines how professional scrutiny onto a subject in the domain of a profession will change the way that subject is viewed. On another note‚ Stephen Gould asserts in “The Mismeasure of Man” that scientific theories are a subjective interpretation of hard facts. In this paper‚ I argue that those with authority interpret factual information in a subjective way that aligns with their vision and satisfies
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In “Sex‚ Drugs‚ Disasters‚ and the Extinction of Dinosaurs”‚ Stephen Jay Gould Gould‚ annoyed with inconsistency in popular science‚ takes issue with widely accepted theories that have gained notoriety despite not having any real application of the scientific method. To argue his point he compares and contrasts three notable theories to explain the death of the dinosaurs. Gould explains that good science provides the opportunity to prove or disprove a hypothesis‚ and anything less is mere speculation
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