Le Sourire du flamant rose. Réflexions sur l'histoire naturelle (Science ouverte) (French Edition)

Réflexions sur l'histoire naturelle - 1988 The Flamingo's Smile - 1985 "THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE is about history," writes the author in this volume of essays, "...and about what it means to say that life is the product of a contingent past, not the inevitable and predictable result of simple, timeless laws of nature. Quirkiness and meaning are my two not-so-contradictory themes." Flamingos that feed upside down; flowers and snails that change from male to female; the probability that an errant asteroid sounded the death knell of the dinosaurs and ushered in the evolution of mankind...these are only a few of the things that open our eyes to the endless delights of Gould's subject...evolutionary theory. Il s'agit du quatrième volume où l'auteur réunit des essais publiés à l'origine sous la forme d'une chronique mensuelle dans ##Natural history magazine##. Encore une fois, il reste fidèle à son thème préféré autour duquel s'articulent tous les essais : la théorie de l'évolution. Une vulgarisation de première valeur