The Hedgehog, the Fox & the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science & the Humanities by Stephen Jay GouldMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I purchased this book at Second Story Books in Washington DC.
I usually love Stephen Jay Gould's books, but I just couldn't get into this one. I can't tell if this is because of the lack of editing by Gould himself, the topic, or the writing coming late in Gould's life, but my eyes just glazed over for the vast majority of the book. I enjoyed the essays in the middle that were reprinted from previous works, but I just didn't understand the overarching thesis for this book.
On the other hand, I enjoyed the Note the the Reader at the beginning of the book as so many times I think to myself (and say to other people) how I wish Gould were alive today. Not just so I could read more popular science on more current topics written in his clever prose, but because we need his measured voice and knowledge in our current polemical climate.
I don't think I'll revisit this book again, but I'm glad I read it once.
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