Punctuated Equilibrium

by Stephen Jay Gould

Book Overview

In 1972 Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium, written with Niles Eldredge. Challenging a core assumption of Darwin's theory of evolution, it launched the career of one of the most influential evolutionary biologists of our time--perhaps the best known since Darwin.

Now, thirty-five years later, and five years after his untimely death, Punctuated Equilibrium (originally published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674024443
• ISBN13: 9780674024441
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"