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The provided passages do not explicitly list unanswered questions from "The Flamingo's Smile." However, they do indicate the book's themes and content.
The book "The Flamingo's Smile" explores history and the idea that life is a product of a contingent past, rather than the inevitable result of timeless natural laws [Passage 2]. It delves into topics such as flamingos feeding upside down, snails and flowers changing sex, and the role of asteroids in dinosaur extinction and human evolution [Passage 2]. The author, Stephen Jay Gould, is described as a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution [Passage 1, Passage 2].
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s." --David Quammen, New York Times Book Review Categories: Nature Pages: 484 Snippet: "Gould himself is a rare and wonderful animal—a member of the endangered species known as the ruby-throated polymath. . . . [He] is a leading theorist on large-scale patterns in evolution . . . [and] one of the sharpest and most humane ...
Title: The flamingo's smile by Stephen Jay Gould Description: "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…