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"Informative and engaging . . . [Laporte] shows how hugely influential and productive Simpson was in several . . . areas." -- Nature
"[Simpson's] position in intellectual history is secure and is made the more so by the welcome publication of Laporte's book." -- Science
An informative and engaging biography...The book shows how hugely influential and productive Simpson was. -- Michael Novacek
Simpson's position in intellectual history is secure and is made the more so by the welcome publication of Laporte's book. -- Niles Eldredge
Through his very skillful interpretation. . . Laporte provides a marvelous story of one man's pursuit of the riddles of nature. -- William R. Brice, University of Pittsburgh
[Laporte's] book is now the obvious source for anyone who wants to find out about Simpson's scientific work -- Times Literary Supplement
"[Simpson's] position in intellectual history is secure and is made the more so by the welcome publication of Laporte's book." -- Science
An informative and engaging biography...The book shows how hugely influential and productive Simpson was. -- Michael Novacek
Simpson's position in intellectual history is secure and is made the more so by the welcome publication of Laporte's book. -- Niles Eldredge
Through his very skillful interpretation. . . Laporte provides a marvelous story of one man's pursuit of the riddles of nature. -- William R. Brice, University of Pittsburgh
[Laporte's] book is now the obvious source for anyone who wants to find out about Simpson's scientific work -- Times Literary Supplement
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"An informative and engaging biography...The book shows how hugely influential and productive Simpson was." -- Michael Novacek, Nature
"Simpson's position in intellectual history is secure and is made the more so by the welcome publication of Laporte's book." -- Niles Eldredge, Science
"Through his very skillful interpretation... Laporte provides a marvelous story of one man's pursuit of the riddles of nature." -- William R. Brice, University of Pittsburgh, American Paleontologist
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By the late 1930s and early 1940s Simpson, though relatively young, was already a distinguised paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Museum, New York, Fort Union, Anne Roe, New Mexico, South American, Columbia University, United States, National Museum, Sam Magruder, North American, Ernst Mayr, Yale University, George Gaylord Simpson, World War, Quantitative Zoology, Simpson's Tempo, British Museum, Major Features of Evolution, Paleontological Society, Rio Grande, University of Colorado, Agassiz Professor, Cenozoic Era, Museum of Comparative Zoology New!
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By the late 1930s and early 1940s Simpson, though relatively young, was already a distinguised paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Museum, New York, Fort Union, Anne Roe, New Mexico, South American, Columbia University, United States, National Museum, Sam Magruder, North American, Ernst Mayr, Yale University, George Gaylord Simpson, World War, Quantitative Zoology, Simpson's Tempo, British Museum, Major Features of Evolution, Paleontological Society, Rio Grande, University of Colorado, Agassiz Professor, Cenozoic Era, Museum of Comparative Zoology New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Tempo and Mode in Evolution (Columbia Classics in Evolution Series.) by George Gaylord Simpson on 32 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 9 pages
- Why and How: Some Problems and Methods in Historical Biology (Foundations & Philosophy of Science & Technology) by George Gaylord Simpson on 9 pages
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 7 pages
- Genetics and the Origin of Species (Classics of Modern Evolution Series) by Theodosius Dobzhansky on 7 pages
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- Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution by David Rains Wallace on 5 pages
- The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades by Kenneth D. Rose on page 4, page 9, and page 13
- African Dinosaurs Unearthed: The Tendaguru Expeditions (Life of the Past) by Gerhard Maier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Biology and the Foundations of Ethics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Jane Maienschein on page 224
- The Savior of Science by Stanley L. Jaki on page 138
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