{"product_id":"punctuated-equilibrium-9780674024441","title":"Punctuated Equilibrium","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium, written with Niles Eldredge. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the career of one of the most influential evolutionary biologists of our time--perhaps the best known since Darwin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, thirty-five years later, and five years after his untimely death, \u003ci\u003ePunctuated Equilibrium\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as the central chapter of Gould's masterwork, \u003ci\u003eThe Structure of Evolutionary Theory\u003c\/i\u003e) offers his only book-length testament on an idea he fiercely promoted, repeatedly refined, and tirelessly defended. Punctuated equilibrium holds that the great majority of species originate in geological moments (punctuations) and persist in stasis. The idea was hotly debated because it forced biologists to rethink entrenched ideas about evolutionary patterns and processes. But as Gould shows here in his typically exhaustive coverage, the idea has become the foundation of a new view of hierarchical selection and macroevolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat emerges strikingly from this book is that punctuated equilibrium represents a much broader paradigm about the nature of change--a worldview that may be judged as a distinctive and important movement within recent intellectual history. Indeed we may now be living within a punctuation, and our awareness of what this means may be the enduring legacy of one of America's best-loved scientists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Jay Gould\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.04w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674024441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2008 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGould, Stephen Jay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books, including \u003ci\u003eOntogeny and Phylogeny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime's Arrow, Time's Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Harvard).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40779883806835,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":46.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_237309e3-747e-4ff6-993e-36296777d415.jpg?v=1680617124","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/punctuated-equilibrium-9780674024441","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}