Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas

"e;What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deservingfor reasons well and truly stated."e;Kirkus ReviewsRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "e;cardboard Darwinism,"e; and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection.