by Stephen Jay Gould · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140179941
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«Eight Little Piggies» is Stephen Jay Gould's collection of natural history essays, published by Penguin in paperback (480 pages, in English).
Collection of essays ranging from history to biological theories, with forays into paleontology and the origin of language. The title plays on the idea that, had human evolution taken a different path, the usual number of fingers might be eight rather than ten.
Sixth volume in the essay series «Reflections in Natural History». The book was originally published in 1993; this edition is from 1994.
For readers interested in popular science, evolution, and natural history.
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.
