Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume ...
"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a c...
Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "c...
Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its mo...
Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell's famed atheism. It is also one of the most n...
Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them Every Sunday, readers of The New Y...
A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, or...
"The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention in our discourses about sickness and health, art and science, language and literature, and morta...
Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the auth...
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear--fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in yo...
From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engageme...
Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny...
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