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    Stephen Jay Gould

    American biologist and historian of science (–)

    Stephen Jay Gould

    Born()September 10,

    New York City, New York, U.S.

    DiedMay 20, () (aged&#;60)

    New York City, New York, U.S.

    Education
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    Spouses
    Awards
    Scientific career
    FieldsPaleontology, evolutionary biology, history of science
    Institutions
    ThesisPleistocene and Recent History of the Subgenus Poecilozonites (Poecilozonites) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Bermuda: An Evolutionary Microcosm&#;()
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    Stephen Jay Gould (GOOLD; September 10, – May 20, ) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation.[1] Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In , Gould was hired as the Vinc

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    Five-year-old Stephen Jay Gould visited the of Natural History in with his father, a court stenographer, in   Gould gazed in amazement at the sight of his first dinosaur, a twenty-foot-high tyrannosaurus.  Gould later recounted, &#;As we stood in front of the beast, a man sneezed; I gulped and prepared to utter my Sherman Yisrael.  But the great animal stood immobile in all its bony grandeur, and as we left, I announced that I would be a paleontologist when I grew up.&#; 

    True to his word, Gould became a paleontologist&#;the most widely known paleontologist the world has ever seen.  In his incredibly prolific professional career spanning over thirty years, Gould published twenty popular books and hundreds of articles, most of which developed his critique of current evolutionary theory or explored the &#;supposed conflict&#; between science and religion. Through it all, Gould remained creationism&#;s most determined and effective opponent.

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    Stephen Jay Gould

    Stephen Jay Gould

    BornSeptember 10,

    Bayside, Queens, New York

    DiedMay 20, () (aged&#;60)

    Manhattan, New York City

    NationalityAmerican
    Alma&#;materAntioch College, Columbia University
    Known&#;forPunctuated equilibrium
    AwardsLinnean Society of London's Darwin-Wallace Medal ()
    Paleontological Society Medal ()
    Scientific career
    FieldsPaleontology, Evolutionary biology, History of Science
    InstitutionsHarvard University,
    American Museum of Natural History,
    New York University

    Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, – May 20, ) was an Americanpaleontologist, evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, and historian of science.

    He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation.[1]

    Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the latter years of his life, Gould also taugh