Editore: Three Rivers Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0609801406 ISBN 13: 9780609801406
Da: ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
Condizione: good. Used book in good and clean conditions. Pages and cover are intact. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks. Fast Shipping.
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Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Jenson Books Inc, Logan, UT, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: VeryGood. A well-cared-for item that has seen limited use but remains in great condition. The item is complete, unmarked, and undamaged, but may show some limited signs of wear. Item works perfectly. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine is undamaged.
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Editore: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 0674061616 ISBN 13: 9780674061613
Da: tttkelly1, Fresno, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condizione: As New. Paperback book,
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Editore: Random, 1997., 1997
Da: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Near fine.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, 1996
Da: The Green Arcade, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. In very good condition; slight rubbing to tips of outside corners and corners at top and bottom of spine; slight scuffing covers; light soiling outside edge of book; otherwise, clean and bright, binding tight. Special Advance Reader's Edition / Uncorrected Proof. 237 pages. ISBN: 0-517-70394-7 x 6 in.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, 1996
Da: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Light to moderate foxing to outer page eges. No other issues. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Flat signed by Stephen Jay Gould on front end page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Gift inscription and blind stamp on front end and title pages. Some tanning to page ends. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.
Editore: New York: Harmony Books 1996., 1996
ISBN 10: 0787111252 ISBN 13: 9780787111250
Da: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
Fine, unmarked hardback; DJ-Fine. 244 pp.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, 1996
Da: JB's Book Vault, Buffalo, WY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine dust. Later Printing. Book is in FINE condition - bright covers & sound binding. Dust jacket is in FINE condition - bright, intact and whole. JEX 6/21; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Editore: Harmony Books, 1996, 1996
Da: First Choice Books, Coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
HB--FN, black cloth cover with black cloth spine. DJ--VG; contains charts, tables, diagrams; bibliography; index;
Editore: Harmony Books, 1996
Da: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Editore: Harmony, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine/Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 244pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping at spine ends but very minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($25.00), has some fairly mild wear to spine ends. A bit of typical discoloration to the gold of the titling on front panel. Still, fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. A very pretty collectable copy.
Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
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hardcover. Condizione: Like New. *Autographed by author.* Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Signed.
Editore: Harmony Books/New York, 1996
Da: ReadAmericaBooks, Holland, MI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 244 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: As New/As New. First Ed./First Printing, 1st Edition/1st printing. Illustrations in b/w throughout. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.
Editore: New York: Harmony Books, 1996. Illustrated., 1996
Da: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Fine. First printing. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, 1996
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Like new, jacket is price clipped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Editore: Harmony, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Near fine in fine dustwrapper. Stamp on front end paper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Editore: Harmony Books, 1997, 1997
Da: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
1st edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a page tipped in by the publisher, with an ÒAutographed EditionÓ sticker on the front panel of the dj Fine/fine.
Editore: Harmony Books, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very small sig in ink on fep.
Editore: Harmony Books (a division of Crown Publishers, Inc.), New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Gould on the second free end page, the book has a tiny skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and mild foxing to the edges of the text block. Overall this is a solid, bright, Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has a touch of rubbing with slight edge wear, mild bumps to the spine ends and corners, and the publisher's "Autographed Edition" sticker affixed to the front.
Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould on the front end page. Moderate wear to the dust jacket; missing the lower corner of the jacket. Moderate wear to the boards; exposure/fraying to the bottom corner of the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.25. signed by author.
Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Flat signed by author on front end page. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Owner's name on front end page. Light wear. Signed.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Harmony, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Zap Books, Van Nuys, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED! Not personalized (See Photos)! Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) First Edition, 1996, with full number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, light bumping to front bottom edge, some fading to lettering. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT THIS: Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400 hitting in baseball is a fact to be bemoaned; or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. Few, that is, except Stephen Jay Gould who, in his new book Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin, proves that all of these intuitive truths are, in fact, wrong. "All of these mistaken beliefs arise out of the same analytical flaw in our reasoning, our Platonic tendency to reduce a broad spectrum to a single, pinpointed essence," says Gould. "This way of thinking allows us to confirm our most ingrained biases that humans are the supreme being on this planet; that all things are inherently driven to become more complex; and that almost any subject can be expressed and understood in terms of an average." In Full House, Gould shows why a more accurate way of understanding our world (and the history of life) is to look at a given subject within its own context, to see it as a part of a spectrum of variation rather than as an isolated "thing" and then to reconceptualize trends as expansion or contraction of this "full house" of variation, and not as the progress or degeneration of an average value, or single thing. When approached in such a way, the disappearance of .400 hitting becomes a cause for celebration, signaling not a decline in greatness but instead an improvement in th. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Harmony Books, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Call Phil Now - Books, West Roxbury, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. ## AS NEW book is clean, crisp, unclipped and unmarked. First Edition. First printing. Full number line. The dust jacket is Fine with minimal shelf wear. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering, black boards. Illustrated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on blank page after front endpaper. "Autographed Edition" sticker on dust jacket. No marks in or on book except as noted. NOT A REMAINDER. Not ex library. Dust jacket protected in a new crystal clear MYLAR cover. 244 pages. Bubble wrapped and custom boxed for standard shipping. Gift wrapped free. Appears to be an unread, unused book. SIGNED COPY. As New First Edition. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: S. Fisher, 1998
ISBN 10: 3100278070 ISBN 13: 9783100278074
Da: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 287 pages. Translated from the English. First published in the United States in 1996. First German edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy from the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould.
Editore: Harmony Books, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. 1st. Signed edition, harcover with spine stamped in gold Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket.
Editore: Harmony Books, New York, 1996
Da: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Exploration of our misperceptions about the nature of progress, the nature of excellence & the nature of nature. Illustrated with charts & line drawings. SIGNED by the Author on second front endpaper. Science, Natural History, Signed. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Harmony, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0517703947 ISBN 13: 9780517703946
Da: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 9.10 X 6.40 X 1.10 inches; 244 pages.
Editore: Harmony Books New York 1996, 1996
Da: Pali, Roma, RM, Italia
Hard Cover.in dj. Condizione: Acceptable. Condizione sovraccoperta: Acceptable. 8vo, hardcover in dj, ex-library, but internally good, 264pp. Synopsis: Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400 hitting in baseball is a fact to be bemoaned; or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. Few, that is, except Stephen Jay Gould who, in his new book Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin, proves that all of these intuitive truths are, in fact, wrong. "All of these mistaken beliefs arise out of the same analytical flaw in our reasoning, our Platonic tendency to reduce a broad spectrum to a single, pinpointed essence," says Gould. "This way of thinking allows us to confirm our most ingrained biases that humans are the supreme being on this planet; that all things are inherently driven to become more complex; and that almost any subject can be expressed and understood in terms of an average." In Full House, Gould shows why a more accurate way of understanding our world (and the history of life) is to look at a given subject within its own context, to see it as a part of a spectrum of variation rather than as an isolated "thing" and then to reconceptualize trends as expansion or contraction of this "full house" of variation, and not as the progress or degeneration of an average value, or single thing. When approached in such a way, the disappearance of .400 hitting becomes a cause for celebration, signaling not a decline in greatness but instead an improvement in the overall level of play in baseball; trends become subject to suspicion, and too often, only a tool of those seeking to advance a particular agenda; and the "Age of Man" (a claim rooted in hubris, not in fact) more accurately becomes the "Age of Bacteria." "The traditional mode of thinking has led us to draw many conclusions that don't make satisfying sense," says Gould. "It tells us that .400 hitting has disappeared because batters have gotten worse, but how can that be true when record performances have improved in almost any athletic activity?" In a personal eureka!, Gould realized that we were looking at the picture backward, and that a simple conceptual inversion would resolve a number of the paradoxes of the conventional view. While Full House deftly reveals the shortcomings of the popular reasoning we apply to everyday life situations, Gould also explores his beloved realm of natural history as well. Whether debunking the myth of the successful evolution of the horse (he grants that the story still deserves distinction, but as the icon of evolutionary failure); presenting evidence that the vaunted "progress of life" is really random motion away from simple beginnings, not directed impetus toward complexity; or relegating the kingdoms of Animalai and Plantae to their proper positions on the genealogical chart for all of life (as mere twigs on one of the three bushes), Full House asks nothing less than that we reconceptualize our view of life in a fundamental way. Review: The human mind has a trusty device for simplifying a complex world: reduce to averages and identify trends. Although valuable, the risk is that we ignore variations and end up with a skewed view of reality. In evolutionary terms, the result is a view in which humans are the inevitable pinnacle of evolutionary progress, instead of, as Stephen Jay Gould patiently argues, "a cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted." The implications of Gould's argument may threaten certain of our philosophical and religious foundations but will in the end provide us with a clearer view of, and a greater appreciation for, the complexities of our world. Ex-Library.