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But that is not to say he hasn't made his mark in the scientific field. Gould's extensive writing has made him "the bulldog of evolutionary biology," Pilbeam says, adding that he is in "qualified agreement" with Gould's theory of evolution.
Unlike traditional Darwinians, Gould believes that evolution occurs in fits and starts--long periods of stability in the nature of each species followed by brief periods of change.
Much of the course's popularity stems from Gould's reputation and personal appeal. Lectures are filled with the professor's taut energy and obvious excitement for his subject and students. The historical and literary allusions and illustrations he uses make the class more than a lesson in plate tectonics...
One species does not give way immediately to another, Gould argues, but it coexists with a cousin-species until one eventually prevails for a variety of reasons. The diagram of evolution he flashes on a screen in Science B-16 resembles a bush whose branches represent different experiments in the...
His abilities as both a scientist and a propagandist were called on during his testimony defending evolution at the landmark 1981 trial of Arkansas' law requiring that creationism be taught in schools.