About Me

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was among the best known and widely read scientists of the late 20th century. A paleontologist and educator at Harvard University, Gould made his largest contributions to science as the leading spokes-person for evolutionary theory. His monthly columns in Natural History magazine and his popular works on evolution have earned him numerous awards and one of the largest readerships in the popular-science genre â€” penning altogether over twenty successful books throughout his career.
For more than 30 years Gould served on the faculty at Harvard, where he was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Professor of Geology, Biology, and the History of Science, as well as curator for Invertebrate Paleontology at the institution's Museum of Comparative Zoology. On this website you will find articles by Gould and his colleagues focusing on the finer points of his work, the nature of life's evolution, and the general ontogeny of evolutionary theory.
- http://www.stephenjaygould.org

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Stephen Jay Gould

Career, awards, and credentials
Video interviews
A Biography: Documentary/Interview
Havard lectures

Essays

The Panda's Thumb
Nonmoral Nature
Nonoverlapping Magisteria
Evolution as Fact and Theory
Genesis vs. Geology
Dinosaurs in the haystack

Evolution explained in pictures

Human Evolution

Misc. Videos

Glorious Accident: Clash of Minds discussion

My Blog

A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man

This is a great documentary/interview of the young Stephen Jay Gould. ...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:55:00 PST

A Glorious Accident: Clash of Minds

Discussion with Oliver Sacks, Daniel C. Dennett, Stephen Jay Gould, Rupert Sheldrake, Freeman Dyson, and Stephen Toul. ...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:54:00 PST

Stephen Jay Gould: Harvard Lectures

February 12, 2002 February 14, 2002 February 19, 2002 February 21, 2002 February 26, 2002 February 28, 2002 March 07, 2002 ...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

Essay: Dinosaurs in the haystack

The fashion industry thrives on our need to proclaim an identity from our most personal space. For academics, who by stereotype (although not always in actuality) scorn the sartorial mode, office door...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Essay: Genesis vs. Geology

G.K. Chesterton once mused over Noah's dinnertime conversations during those long nights on a vast and tempestuous sea: And Noah he often said to his wife ...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:53:00 PST

Essay: Evolution as Fact and Theory

Kirtley Mather, who died last year at age ninety, was a pillar of both science and Christian religion in America and one of my dearest friends. The difference of a half-century in our ages evaporat...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:44:00 PST

Essay: Nonoverlapping Magisteria

Incongruous places often inspire anomalous stories. In early 1984, I spent several nights at the Vatican housed in a hotel built for itinerant priests. While pondering over such puzzling issues as t...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:40:00 PST

Essay: Nonmoral Nature

When the Right Honorable and Reverend Francis Henry, earl of Bridgewater, died in February, 1829, he left 8,000 to support a series of books "on the power, wisdom and goodness of God, as manifested...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:20:00 PST

Video interviews

You'll have to fastforward to get to my part of the show.Dinosaur in a Haystack Full House Questioning the Millennium Lying Stones of Marrakech Finders ...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:04:00 PST

Human Evolution

AustralopithecinesAustralopitecus Anamensis (4.2 - 3.9 MYA):Australopitecus Afarensis (3.9 - 3 MYA):Australopitecus Africanus (3 - 2 MYA):Australopithecine bipedalism:Laetoli footprints:Afarensis foot...
Posted by Stephen Jay Gould on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:55:00 PST