Stephen Jay Gould

I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for…

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact…

In science, ‘fact’ can only mean ‘confirmed to such a degree that it would be…

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than…

Science is an integral part of culture. It’s not this foreign thing, done by an…

I don’t think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less…

With copious evidence ranging from Plato’s haughtiness to Beethoven’s tirades, we may conclude that the…

If I don’t make it, I’ll be very sad that there are things I didn’t…

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as ‘the intelligent layperson…

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity…