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...part of Mark Ridley’s New York Times review of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Gould calls Ridley “one of my enemies” and scoffs at his comment that the book is too wordy. Two days later Gould paid generous tribute to Ernst Mayr, a forefather of the theory of punctuated equilibrium and fellow Harvard professor, in a lecture and book launch reception sponsored by the 2002 Harvard Scientists Lecture Series...
...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 the new book to his first major work, 1977’s Ontogeny...
...primitive man, to plunge into the unconscious and the instinctive power of creation." Even Marcel Duchamp, the least voluble of artists, admired the "extreme fecundity" of Klee--images begetting other images like horny little microbes in a Petri dish. His inspired doodling was morphed by the Surrealists, especially Max Ernst and Andre Masson, into what they called "automatism." His striped landscapes and magic-square paintings connect to Constructivism. His closely controlled but wandering line--"The line likes to go for a walk," he famously remarked--was an inspiration to Joan Miro. His late gestural paintings, with their thick brooding darkness...
...life” caused many sleepless nights. The names of Watson’s many romantic interests grace the pages: Sheila Griffith, Linda Pauling, Rachel Morgan, Mariette Robertson, Margot Schutt, and Belinda Bullard. Most of all, though, Watson speaks about his relationship with Christa Mayr, daughter of Ernst Mayr, a famous biologist at Harvard...
Accounting giant Ernst & Young used videoconferencing before Sept. 11 but limited it to distance education for employees and for clients in remote locations in Latin America. In recent months, though, the firm has more than doubled its monthly videoconferencing, to replace just about every type of business trip, including client meetings. Software provider PeopleSoft has also doubled its use of videoconferencing among employees and customers around the globe...