The Flamingo's Smile

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Stephen Jay Gould: The Flamingo's Smile (AudiobookFormat, 1985, Books on Tape)

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English language

Published Jan. 13, 1985 by Books on Tape.

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978-5-557-08432-1
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"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.

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  • Essays
  • Unabridged Audio - Misc.Nonfiction