Stephen Jay Gould (/ ɡuːld / GOOLD; September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was one of the most influential and …

Stephen Jay Gould (born September 10, 1941, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 20, 2002, New York) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science writer. Gould graduated …

May 16, 2017 · Stephen Jay Gould is best known for the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which proposes that evolution of species is not a slow, gradual process of change, but in fact consists of …

May 20, 2002 · Gould lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children, Jesse and Ethan. He was a talented singer, with a love for Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (romantic, comic operas).

May 23, 2002 · Gould, the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, spent his professional career at Harvard. He wrote widely on topics ranging from baseball to the Piltdown Man hoax to the Sept. 11 …

May 21, 2002 · A taxonomic expert on land snails of the Bahamas, Gould's encyclopedic learning (and voluminous writing) extended from the history and philosophy of science to art and literature to baseball.

Feb 18, 2014 · Stephen Jay Gould studied snail fossils and worked at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the latter half of the twentieth century. He contributed to philosophical, …

May 20, 2002 · Over 30 years of teaching at Harvard University, Gould used the full panoply of communications media to make the whole world his classroom. His magazine columns, television …

May 24, 2002 · Reflect on the contributions of Stephen Jay Gould to science and his lasting impact on evolutionary biology and paleontology.

For long-time readers of Natural History, Stephen Jay Gould needs no introduction. His column, “This View of Life,” was a mainstay of the magazine, starting in January 1974 with “Size and Shape” and …