The Lying Stones of Marrakech

Summary

The Lying Stones of Marrakech (2000) is the ninth volume of collected essays by the Harvard paleontologist, Stephen Jay Gould. The essays were culled from his monthly column "The View of Life" in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for 27 years. The book deals with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution and its teaching, science biography, probability, and iconoclasm.

The Lying Stones of Marrakech
AuthorStephen Jay Gould
PublisherHarmony Books
Publication date
April 11, 2000
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages384
ISBN0-609-60142-3
OCLC59557303
508 21
LC ClassQH45.5 .G74 2000
Preceded byLeonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms 
Followed byI Have Landed 

Reviews edit

  • Book review - by Christine Kenneally, The New York Times
  • A Gouldian Valediction, Almost - by Henry Gee, Nature
  • Essay Summaries - by Lawrence N. Goeller
  • Book review - by Jim Walker

External links edit

  • Book excerpt - Random House Press
  • Profile Page (with introduction) - Unofficial Stephen Jay Gould Archive
  • Video interview about the book - Charlie Rose