gould dies at 60
by Davies, Daniel
22 May 2002 06:16 UTC
>(Thus water after it is heated up gradually,
>suddenly begins to boil.
If you're going to show this book to people who are of a pedantic
disposition, you might want to find a different example. This isn't true
>
>Biologist Phil Gasper once pointed out to us:
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Phil's just a philosopher, Charles. No biological training. None whatsoever.
jks
>Writing about punctuated equilibrium in *The Panda's Thumb* Gould writes:
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>(Thus water after it is heated up gradually,
>suddenly begins to boil.
If you're going to show this book to
Michael,
I think you write extremely well. I read your
little book on the information age, and it got better as I read on. From you
work one can learn something new...; ; I wish more economics writers would write
like you !
Regards
Jurriaan
Let me rephrase Scott's question crudely: if Marx developed punctuated
equilibrium on his own and Gould was influenced by Marx, why would I possibly
need Gould to help me understand punctuated equilibrium?
This question makes me think of the difficulty that I sometimes encounter -- sort
of a meth
In a message dated 5/21/02 9:04:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Stephen Gould's is a great loss. He seems to have been an exceptional
> person in many ways. He certainly has enriched my understanding of
> economic processes, especially with his theory of the punctuat
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> I loved Gould's work, especially his MISMEASURE OF MAN, a needed critique of
> IQ tests and the like. But I think though the theory of punctuated
> equilibrium is an important contribution to evolutionary theory, it isn't
>
Michael Perelman writes:
> Stephen Gould's is a great loss. He seems to have been an exceptional
> person in many ways. He certainly has enriched my understanding of
> economic processes, especially with his theory of the punctuated
> equilibrium.
I loved Gould's work, especially his MISMEASURE
Stephen Gould's is a great loss. He seems to have been an exceptional
person in many ways. He certainly has enriched my understanding of
economic processes, especially with his theory of the punctuated
equilibrium.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 9
Famed biologist, author Stephen Jay Gould dies at 60
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) --Stephen Jay Gould, a world-renowned
scientist who brought evolutionary theory and paleontology to a broad
public audience in dozens of wide-ranging books and essays, died Monday
of cancer.
He was 60, and died
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