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	1 Zimmer, Carl; Gould, Stephen Jay (Introduction by), and Hutton, Richard (Foreword by) Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea New York HarperCollinsPublishers 2001 0060199067 / 9780060199067 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine TV Tie-in  Cloth, xx, 364 pp., illus. (some col.), maps (some col.), biblio., index; 27 cm. Map on lining papers. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Companion to the PBS Series. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was beautifully written, staunchly defended, and defiantly radical. Yet it emerged long before paleontologists and geologists worked out the chronology of life on Earth, and long before biologists uncovered the molecules that underlie heredity and natural selection. Carl Zimmer's Evolution presents a rich and up-to-date view of evolution that explores the far-reaching implications of Darwin's theory and emphasizes its power, significance, and relevance to our lives today. Filled with rich narrative, award-winning science writing, and the most current information on topics ranging from Darwinian medicine and sexual selection to the origins of language, evolutionary psychology, and the controversies surrounding creationism, Evolution tells in riveting detail the story of a remarkable scientific journey, from the emergence to the triumph of an idea. / Carl Zimmer is the author of three well-received books on evolution. A Guggenheim fellow in 2002, he writes regularly for magazines, including National Geographic, Science, Newsweek, and Natural History." - Publisher.  Price: 19.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Kelly, Franklin, with Gould, Stephen Jay, and Ryan, James Anthony, and Rindge, Debora Frederic Edwin Church Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution 1989 0894681362 / 9780894681363 First paperback edition Soft Cover Fine Exhibition Catalogue  211 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio., index; 28 x 29 cm. Prepared in connection with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art from Oct. 8, 1989 to Jan. 28, 1990. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Foreword, by J. Carter Brown; Acknowledgments, by Franklin Kelly; Introduction, by Franklin Kelly; A Passion for Landscape: The Paintings of Frederic Edwin Church, by Franklin Kelly; Church, Humboldt, and Darwin: The Tension and Harmony of Art and Science, by Stephen Jay Gould; Frederic Church's Olana: Architecture and Landscape as art, by James Anthony Ryan; Chronology, by Debora Rindge; An Unfinished Biography of the Artist, by Charles Dudley Warner.  Price: 49.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Carter, Alice A.; Gould, Stephen Jay (Foreword by), and Sloan, Christopher P. (Afterword by) The Art of National Geographic: A Century of Illustration Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society 1999 0792279204 / 9780792279204 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Very Good Collectible  Cloth, gilt, 240 pp., illus. (chiefly col.); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. " For more than a century, the National Geographic Society's illustrators have taken readers to places beyond the reach of the camera's lens, on extraordinary journeys of the imagination, to destinations that can be seen only through the artist's eye. With vivid colors and subtle brush strokes, they have led us back to the birth of our planet and forward to the colonization of space. They have laid out before our wondering eyes the enigmatic faces of our earliest ancestors and the rich mysteries of the natural world. Selected from the more than 12,000 illustrations in the National Geographic archives, the 156 stunning images reproduced in this book make up the first comprehensive exhibition of this important collection of artwork. The 65 illustrators represented include such widely known artists as N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Gurney, Syd Mead, and three-time Caldecott Award-winner Jerry Pinkney, as well as many others whose unmistakable styles are known to National Geographic readers worldwide. The Art of National Geographic explores science and nature, humankind's accomplishments and conflicts, and all the wonders of the universe in a wide variety of media, from oil paint and watercolor to cutting-edge computer graphics. In his salutary foreword, renowned scientist and author Stephen Jay Gould confirms the continuing importance of illustration to scientific investigation. In the book's lively and informative text, Alice A. Carter, an award-winning illustrator herself, reveals as much about the behind-the-scenes adventure of creating this art, and the science behind it, as it does about the artists themselves. For art lovers, armchair explorers, history and science buffs alike, The Art of National Geographic is at once a glorious visual treasury and an invaluable reference, a sweeping excursion through our world and our achievements, and a fascinating history of the National Geographic Society's century-long commitment to outstanding illustration." - Publisher.  Price: 39.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Gould, Stephen Jay The Mismeasure of Man New York W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1996 0393314251 / 9780393314250 Second Edition Trade Paperback Fine  444 pp., illus., biblio., index; 21 cm. First published, 1981. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Remainder mark/tail edge. "When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. / Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) wrote more than twenty books and received the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He taught at Harvard University for more than thirty years." - Publisher.  Price: 12.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Shermer, Michael; Gould, Stephen Jay (Foreword by) Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time New York W. H. Freeman and Company 1997 0716733870 / 9780716733874 First paperback edition Trade Paperback Very Good  xii, 306 pp., illus., biblio., index; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Two leaves dogeared in the Index, else fine. CONTENTS: I. Science and Skepticism. I Am Therefore I Think: A Skeptic's Manifesto; The Most Precious Thing We Have: The Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience; How Thinking Goes Wrong: Twenty-Five Fallacies That Lead Us to Believe Weird Things. II. Pseudoscience and Superstition. Deviations: The Normal, The Paranormal, and Edgar Cayce; Through The Invisible: Near-Death Experiences and the Quest for Immortality; Abducted!: Encounters with Aliens; Epidemics of Accusations: Medieval and Modern Witch Crazes; The Unlikeliest Cult: Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and the Cult of Personality. III. Evolution and Creationism. In the Beginning: An Evening with Duane T. Gish; Confronting Creationists: Twenty-Five Creationist Arguments, Twenty-Five Evolutionist Answers; Science Defended, Science Defined: Evolutionism and Creationism at the Supreme Court. IV. History and Pseudohistory. Doing Donahue: History, Censorship, and Free Speech; Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened, and Why Do They Say It? : An Overview of a Movement; How We Know the Holocaust Happened: Debunking the Deniers; Pigeonholes and Continuums: An African-Greek-German-American Looks at Race. V. Hope Springs Eternal. Dr. Tipler Meets Dr. Pangloss: Can Science Find the Best of All Possible Worlds?; Why Do People Believe Weird Things?  Price: 11.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart