Provides information on developments in evolutionary theory, discussing such topics as the Cambrian population explosion, Velikovsky's theories, and others.
a rationalist's guide to a precisely arbitrary countdown
Gould, Stephen Jay
1997
A series of essays in which the author shares his interest and insights into the coming millenium, focusing on questions of calendrics, astronomy, and history.
Collects more than thirty essays in which evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould reflects upon his first love, baseball, including its connections to science.