by Stephen Jay Gould · Gradiva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726621515
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«O Polegar do Panda» is a book of natural history essays by Stephen Jay Gould, published by Gradiva in paperback (372 pages, in Portuguese).
In this collection of essays, Gould addresses evolution and natural history: he takes the panda's singular thumb anatomy as a starting point and broadens the view to the relationship between science and society, with a popularizing style that does not sacrifice rigor.
Original title: «The Panda's Thumb» (1980), winner of the National Book Award in 1981. Second volume of the series «Reflections in Natural History»; Portuguese translation by Carlos Brito and Jorge Branco.
A reference title for readers interested in evolutionary biology, natural history, and popular science essays.
Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors of popular science of his generation. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential figures in evolutionary biology. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.
