I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History - Softcover

"A poet of Darwinism... [Gould] reinvented the art of writing on science... his ideas about evolution were brilliant and controversial....."

"One of the joys of reading about good science is the chance to not only observe how scientific theory works, but also to participate in the workings of the mind behind the words.... In I Have Landed, the reader will find such joy in abundance."

"Be warned: This is not a book for the bedside table. It sets the mind racing too wildly for sleep."

These essays have entranced millions with the wonders of evolution. One of the joys of reading about good science is the chance not only to observe how scientific theory works, but also to participate in the workings of the mind behind the works. In "How I Landed"...the reader will find such joy in abundance.--Tim Flannery "New York Review of Books "

These essays have entranced millions, from company presidents to penitentiary inmates, with the wonders of evolution...One of the joys of reading about good science is the chance not only to observe how scientific theory works, but also to participate in the workings of the mind behind the works. In Gould's I Have Landed...the reader will find such joy in abundance.--Tim Flannery"New York Review of Books" (05/23/2002)

Stephen Jay Gould was one of the most influential evolutionary biologists and most acclaimed science essayists of the 20th century. He died in May 2002. He was the author of numerous books, including The Lying Stones of Marrakech and Questioning the Millennium.
From the Hardcover edition.