Stephenjaygould

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)

  • Punctuated Equilibrium

    With help from Niles Eldredge, they were able to revise Darwinian theory, that states creation of new species occurs at rapid bursts in thousands of years rather than slow constant rates over millions of years.
  • Ontogeny and Phylogeny

    Ontogeny and Phylogeny
    In this work Gould was able to revise evolutionary development saying that humans evolve more like a branching bush with multi-overlapping lineages than predictable stages.
  • National Book Critics' Circle Award

    Received this award for The Mismeasure of Man he wrote.
  • The Mismeasure of Man

    The Mismeasure of Man
    Gould describes human complexity and the reduction in someone's value to the level of his or her intelligence is to forget all factors of the individual.
  • Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle

    Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle
    This excursion into the ways we conceptualize the past explores a central dichotomy between time's arrow (an unilinear Newtonian succession of unique events) and time's cycle (the recursive patterns that re-appear in a world that remains fundamentally unchanged)
  • Wonderful Life

    Wonderful Life
    Written on the evolution of Cambrian fauna which won awards like the American Historical Association's Forkosch Award.
  • Nonsense needs to be fought / Stephen J Gould

    Nonsense needs to be fought / Stephen J Gould