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The book "Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes" is a compilation of thirty essays by Stephen Jay Gould, mostly from *Natural History Magazine*, centered around the theory of evolution [1]. Gould explores "the peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature" and introduces the reader to many wonderful manifestations of evolutionary biology [2]. The book is divided into seven parts, covering topics such as "Reasonable Oddities," "Personalities," "Adaptation and Evolution," "Teilhard and Piltdown," "Science and Politics," "Extinction," and "A Zebra Trilogy" [1].
Darwinian theory is described as being in a "vibrantly healthy state" over a century after Darwin published *Origin of Species* [2]. The passages do not provide further details or explanations of the key concepts of evolutionary biology, but rather indicate that the book explores these topics through various essays [1, 2].
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Title: Hen's teeth and horse's toes by Stephen Jay Gould, Marcel Blanc Description: Une compilation de trente essais parus pour la plupart dans ##Natural history magazine## et articulés autour de la théorie de l'évolution. Sept parties : Des bizarreries raisonnables - Personnalités - Adaptation et évolution - Teilhard et Piltdown - Science et politique - L'extinction - Une trilogie du zèbre. L'auteur, professeur à l'Université de Harvard, a précédemment publié deux autres recueils : ##Darwin et les grandes énigmes de la vie## (1979) et ##Le pouce du panda## (1982). [SDM]. --- Google Books…
and wonderful manifestations of evolutionary biology. Categories: Science Pages: 420 Snippet: "Lively and fascinating. . . . [Gould] writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature."—Tracy Kidder Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes ...