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Four hundred friends, family, students, and colleagues attended the ceremony to recall Gould??s brilliance, insights, and kindness. Gould, who was Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology, died...
University President Lawrence H. Summers said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened” by Gould??s death...
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...
...campus, Gould??s commitment to introducing students to science was clear. He injected science into non-science courses, like Religion 1045: “Thinking About Thinking,” which he co-taught. Undergraduates enjoyed Gould??s own science courses; Science B-16: “History of Life” has long been among the most popular College courses. His valiant efforts to finish teaching that class this semester in spite of his cancer treatment exemplified his commitment to his students. Teaching Fellow John Mathew witnessed Gould??s painful struggles to prepare...
Gould was a fighter; he was proud to be the only person to be cured of abdominal mesothelioma, a condition doctors told him was terminal. Perhaps it is Gould??s own essay, “The Median Isn’t the Message,” which best conveys his gallant ability to combat cancer by adopting a positive, therapeutic attitude...