Stephen Jay Gould

Bully for Brontosaurus

National Bestseller

"May be Gould's finest to date. . . . Whether his topic is typewriter design, thetechnical triumph of Voyager or Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak, Gould holdsour attention. His essays are illuminating, instructive, and fun to read." —Publishers Weekly

"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history. . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideasand improbably allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it withsuch power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best." —John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review

"No living scientist who writes for the public has a better claim to the mantleof Thomas Huxley in range of interests and felicity of style. . . . Bully for Brontosaurus is the fifth and finest selection." —David Fromkin, Washington Post Book World

"Dozens of choice essays. . . . Teaching and its decline . . . and other signs ofthe decrepitude of the culture balanced by the cheer and zeal with which Gouldextols advances in science. . . . Bully for Brontosaurus and bully for Gould too."—Kirkus Reviews