Dinosaur in a Haystack
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| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Publisher | Harmony Books |
Publication date | December 12, 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 0-517-70393-9 |
| OCLC | 33892123 |
| 575 20 | |
| LC Class | QH366.2 .G659 1995 |
| Preceded by | Eight Little Piggies |
| Followed by | Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms |
Dinosaur in a Haystack is a 1995 book by the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. It collects essays culled from Gould's monthly column "The View of Life" published in Natural History magazine, which Gould contributed for 27 years. The book deals with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution, science biography, probabilities, and strange oddities found in nature.
His essay "Poe's Greatest Hit" analyzes the controversial conchology textbook The Conchologist's First Book (1839), edited by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's volume on natural history sold out within two months, and was his only book republished during his lifetime. Essay "Dinomania" is a review of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park and Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film of the same name.
Reception
[edit]The book received favorable reviews in Publishers Weekly[1] and The New York Times.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Publishers Weekly. "Dinosaur in a Haystack review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- ^ Lopate, Phillip (1996). "Snails, Frankenstein and King Lear's Daughter." The New York Times (Jan. 21): 007009.
External links
[edit]- Up Against the Wall - by Steve Jones
- Essay Summaries - by Lawrence N. Goeller
- Dinosaur in a Haystack Review - by Danny Yee
- Book review by Kathryn Denning
- Two Cultures - by Howard A. Doughty, Innovation Journal
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