- Published: 3 May 2004
- ISBN: 9780099440826
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $24.99
The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox
Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities
- Published: 3 May 2004
- ISBN: 9780099440826
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $24.99
Pairs high brilliance with deep modesty.
New Humanist
Reading Gould is not merely a pleasure but an education and a chronicle of the times
Observer
One of the best essayists in the business. He uses his wide background knowledge...as a bridge to entice non-scientists into sharing the excitement of scientific discovery and the curious, convoluted path of new ideas through history
Scotsman
Gould strives to outline a more peaceful, mutually supportive view of the realtionship between the sciences and the humanities
Nature
Not only one of the finest scientific minds of the later twentieth century, but also one of its greatest polymaths
The Times
A fitting tribute to his career, as it combines, in both style and substance, the different themes of his life's work. Blending genuine literary talents with impeccable scientific credentials, Gould crafts an elegant entreaty for scientists and scholars to spend less time complaining about each other and more time combining their considerable resources. We need both the fox and the hedgehog in any intellectual menagerie - the persistent pluralist
Alan C. Hutchinson, Globe and Mail