Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ658123
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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This View of Science: Stephen Jay Gould as Historian of Science and Scientific Historian, Popular Scientist and Scientific Popularizer.
Shermer, Michael B.
Social Studies of Science, v32 n4 p489-524 Aug 2002
Presents the results of an extensive quantitative content analysis of Gould's 22 books, 101 book reviews, 479 scientific papers, and 300 Natural History essays, in terms of subject matter, and thematic dichotomies. Emphasizes the interaction between the subjects and themata, how Gould has used the history of science to reinforce his evolutionary theory. (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology, Science and Society, Science History, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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