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Some criticized Gould for neglecting his scholarly work at the expense of his shorter essays. Their voices should be silenced by the publication of his 1,433-page book The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, which synthesizes Gould’s thought with Darwin??s classic theory of evolution. Gould’s ideas were often controversial among his colleagues, but the passion with which he defended his convictions was widely admired...
...book itself represents—arguably—the most ambitious discussion of evolution since Charles Darwin??s The Origin of Species. Professor of Psychology Marc Hauser said in an interview that The Structure of Evolutionary Theory is “really two parts: one is an incredible history of evolutionary history, and in that sense very much like Ernst Mayr’s book The Growth of Biological Thought. Part two is really how [Gould] sees his own thinking in evolutionary biology fitting in with alternative perspectives.” Gould agrees with this synopsis, comparing...
Wells presented the notion of intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin??s concept of common ancestry...