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Stephen Jay Gould turns a musty discipline into...
...should the layman be interested in so esoteric a subject as evolutionary biology? It is a question that Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has heard before. But as he sits in his cluttered office, amid the assorted books, charts and fossil remains that are the very sinew of his profession, he smiles tolerantly. "Why?" he asks. "Because it tells us where we came from, how we got here, and perhaps where we are going. Quite simply, it is science's version of Roots, except it is the story...
...done better at telling that story in recent years than Gould. At 41, in lectures and writings, on television and even in the courtroom, this gifted Harvard scholar has managed to turn a musty, bone-littered, backbiting discipline into the most exciting of sciences. Like his friend Carl Sagan, he has become a superstar of science. "Only Carl," Gould insists, "cuts a better figure on the tube...
...grace of his childhood hero, Joe DiMaggio. His writings have won a cluster of honors, including a 1981 American Book Award for his collection of essays, The Panda's Thumb, and a 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Mismeasure of Man. His latest chrestomathy reaffirms Gould's position alongside Physician-Essayist Lewis Thomas as an indispensable bridge between the "two cultures...
...first time, Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., is offering 15 merit scholarships of $4,000 to top high school achievers. Says David Gould, dean of admissions: "It's a very competitive market, and we hope to maintain our position...