Me Died Blue
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
I debated putting this in the Library forum, but didn't want to discourage the discussing of Gould, his thought and similar work beyond simply this book.
Gould was one of the leading paleontologists to help develop and further the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium, which is, simplistically put, the concept of so-called "evolution" happening in random, sudden, unexpected and possibly radical "spurts" if you will, rather than a gradual, predictable trend.
Full House is essentially a presentation and treatment of that on a popular level, and I actually first read it in sixth grade in an advanced science class. Somehow, in a witty and fascinating manner, he certainly manages to make the book and many of its surrounding and tangent themes very interesting and in fact educating, even if one completely rejects all evolutionary theory with regard to creation (like myself). I mean, who else could intelligently relate baseball phenomena to those things?
Is anyone else familiar with Gould in general? Has anyone else read this or any of his work, or even that of his colleages?
Gould was one of the leading paleontologists to help develop and further the evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium, which is, simplistically put, the concept of so-called "evolution" happening in random, sudden, unexpected and possibly radical "spurts" if you will, rather than a gradual, predictable trend.
Full House is essentially a presentation and treatment of that on a popular level, and I actually first read it in sixth grade in an advanced science class. Somehow, in a witty and fascinating manner, he certainly manages to make the book and many of its surrounding and tangent themes very interesting and in fact educating, even if one completely rejects all evolutionary theory with regard to creation (like myself). I mean, who else could intelligently relate baseball phenomena to those things?
Is anyone else familiar with Gould in general? Has anyone else read this or any of his work, or even that of his colleages?