Displaying 1 of 1 1996 Format: Book Author: Gould, Stephen Jay. Title: Full house : the spread of excellence from Plato to Darwin / Stephen Jay Gould. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Harmony Books, ©1996. Description: 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Presents a new view of scientific progress in which variety, and not complexity, is heralded as the true measure of excellence, illustrated by examples such as the disappearance of 0.400 hitting in baseball, and the absence of modern Mozarts. Subjects: Evolution (Biology) Natural history. Excellence. Nature. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index. Contents: How shall we read and spot a trend? -- Death and horses: two cases for the primacy of variation -- The model batter: extinction of 0.400 hitting and the improvement of baseball -- The modal bacter: why progress does not rule the history of life. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 96196285 ISBN: 0517703947 9780517703946 9780609801406 0609801406 Other Number: 35359843 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 47723 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 575 Gould Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
