Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes

"Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes" is Stephen Jay Gould's third volume of collected essays reprinted from his monthly columns for "Natural History" magazine, entitled "This view of life." Three essays appeared elsewhere. [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html "Evolution as Fact and Theory"] first appeared in "Discover" magazine in May 1981; "Phyletic size decrease in Hershey bars," appeared in C. J. Rubins's "Junk Food", 1980; and his "Reply to critics," was written specifically for this volume as a commentary upon criticism of essay 16, [http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_prim_suspects/Teilhard_de_Chardin/Chardin_Prosecution/Piltinletters.html "The Piltdown Conspiracy"] . The book was dedicated to his mother Eleanor, "brave woman, wise owl."

Contents

• Prologue
  1. SENSIBLE ODDITIES
     1. Big Fish, Little Fish
     2. [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_nonmoral.html Nonmoral Nature]
     3. The Guano Ring
     4. Quick Lives and Quirky Changes
  2. PERSONALITIES
     "Three Geologists"
     5. The Titular Bishop of Titiopolis
     6. Hutton's Purpose
     7. The Sinkstones of Oeningen
        
     "Three Biologists"
     8. Agassiz in the Galapagos
     9. [http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/WelRed/Gould01.pdf Worm for a Century, and All Seasons]
     10. A Hearing for a Vavilov
  3. ADAPTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
     "Adaptation"
     11. Hyena Myths and Realities
     12. Kingdoms without wheels
     13. What Happens to Bodies if Genes Act for Themselves?
         
     "Development"
     14. Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
     15. Helpful Monsters
  4. TEILHARD AND PILTDOWN
     16. [http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_prim_suspects/Teilhard_de_Chardin/Chardin_Prosecution/Piltinletters.html The Piltdown Conspiracy]
     17. A Reply to Critics
     18. Our Natural Place
  5. SCIENCE AND POLITICS
     "Creationism"
     19. [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html Evolution as Fact and Theory]
     20. A Visit to Dayton
     21. Moon, Man, and Otto
         
     "Race and Creed"
     
     22. Science and Jewish Immigration
     23. The Politics of Census
  6. EXTINCTION
     24. Phyletic Size Decrease in Hershey Bars
     25. The Belt of an Asteroid
     26. Chance Riches
     27. O Grave, Where is Thy Victory?
  7. A ZEBRA TRILOGY
     28. What, If Anything, Is A Zebra
     29. How the Zebra Gets Its Stripes
     30. Quaggas, Coiled Oysters, and Flimsy Facts

"Bibliography"

"Index"

Blurbs

Reviews

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E6DB1238F93BA35756C0A965948260&pagewanted=print "And Zebra Stripes and Chocolate Bars"] - by Steven Rose, "The New York Times" sect. 7, p. 3.

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