Synthesized answer
The provided passages describe the book "Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes" as a compilation of essays by Stephen Jay Gould that are articulated around the theory of evolution [1]. The essays explore "the peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature" and introduce readers to "many and wonderful manifestations of evolutionary biology" [2].
The passages indicate that the author writes beautifully about science and the wonders of nature, and that Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state" [2]. However, the passages do not provide specific details about the evidence the author presents to support these ideas.
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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 ...