Bruce S. Lieberman is Dean’s Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas, where he also directs the Paleontological Institute and is editor in chief of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. His research focuses on patterns and processes of evolution and extinction using the fossil record.Niles Eldredge is an invertebrate paleontologist, an evolutionary biologist, and an emeritus curator of invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History. He discovered punctuated equilibria with Stephen Jay Gould and played a leading role in developing the field of macroevolution. His work has also emphasized understanding the biodiversity crisis and documenting Darwin’s discovery of natural selection and evolution.

Two of Steven Jay Gould's colleagues have written a book that reminds us of his many contributions. They do it with flair, tying evolution to art, music, and plenty of pop culture—much as did Gould. A lively portrayal of recent theory in evolutionary biology and the people who shaped it.

• Preface1. The Three Musketeers of Macroevolution: Does Anyone Get to Be D’Artagnan?2. Asleep at the Switch: Paleontological Life Lessons, Stasis, and the Genius of Yogi Berra3. Survival of the Laziest: Does Evolution Permit Naps?4. Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle, Times Square: Gould, Kant, and Super Dave5. Expanding Evolution: Organisms and Species, the Soma, and the Technosphere6. Declining Volatility: A General Evolutionary Principle and Its Relevance to Fossils, Stocks, and Stars7. Paleo Personas: Musings on a Soviet Cephalopod, Norman Newell, and Mass Extinctions8. Stardust Memories: Reading Evolution and Extinction in the Stars9. Is Eternal Sex Necessary? Or, What Are These Coywolves Doing in My Backyard?10. Darwin in the Galápagos: Running the Beagle Tape Backward11. Of Cultural Nationalism, Hamlet, and the Cloaca Universalis: Why Citation Is the Best Policy12. When Is a Raptor a Parrot? The Curious Case of the American Kestrel13. What’s Your Favorite Trilobite? Walter Winchell Wouldn’t Have CaredAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

Bruce S. Lieberman is Dean’s Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas, where he also directs the Paleontological Institute and is editor in chief of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. His research focuses on patterns and processes of evolution and extinction using the fossil record.Niles Eldredge is an invertebrate paleontologist, an evolutionary biologist, and an emeritus curator of invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History. He discovered punctuated equilibria with Stephen Jay Gould and played a leading role in developing the field of macroevolution. His work has also emphasized understanding the biodiversity crisis and documenting Darwin’s discovery of natural selection and evolution.

Two of Steven Jay Gould's colleagues have written a book that reminds us of his many contributions. They do it with flair, tying evolution to art, music, and plenty of pop culture—much as did Gould. A lively portrayal of recent theory in evolutionary biology and the people who shaped it.

• Preface1. The Three Musketeers of Macroevolution: Does Anyone Get to Be D’Artagnan?2. Asleep at the Switch: Paleontological Life Lessons, Stasis, and the Genius of Yogi Berra3. Survival of the Laziest: Does Evolution Permit Naps?4. Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle, Times Square: Gould, Kant, and Super Dave5. Expanding Evolution: Organisms and Species, the Soma, and the Technosphere6. Declining Volatility: A General Evolutionary Principle and Its Relevance to Fossils, Stocks, and Stars7. Paleo Personas: Musings on a Soviet Cephalopod, Norman Newell, and Mass Extinctions8. Stardust Memories: Reading Evolution and Extinction in the Stars9. Is Eternal Sex Necessary? Or, What Are These Coywolves Doing in My Backyard?10. Darwin in the Galápagos: Running the Beagle Tape Backward11. Of Cultural Nationalism, Hamlet, and the Cloaca Universalis: Why Citation Is the Best Policy12. When Is a Raptor a Parrot? The Curious Case of the American Kestrel13. What’s Your Favorite Trilobite? Walter Winchell Wouldn’t Have CaredAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

Bruce S. Lieberman is Dean’s Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas, where he also directs the Paleontological Institute and is editor in chief of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. His research focuses on patterns and processes of evolution and extinction using the fossil record.Niles Eldredge is an invertebrate paleontologist, an evolutionary biologist, and an emeritus curator of invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History. He discovered punctuated equilibria with Stephen Jay Gould and played a leading role in developing the field of macroevolution. His work has also emphasized understanding the biodiversity crisis and documenting Darwin’s discovery of natural selection and evolution.

Two of Steven Jay Gould's colleagues have written a book that reminds us of his many contributions. They do it with flair, tying evolution to art, music, and plenty of pop culture—much as did Gould. A lively portrayal of recent theory in evolutionary biology and the people who shaped it.

• Preface1. The Three Musketeers of Macroevolution: Does Anyone Get to Be D’Artagnan?2. Asleep at the Switch: Paleontological Life Lessons, Stasis, and the Genius of Yogi Berra3. Survival of the Laziest: Does Evolution Permit Naps?4. Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle, Times Square: Gould, Kant, and Super Dave5. Expanding Evolution: Organisms and Species, the Soma, and the Technosphere6. Declining Volatility: A General Evolutionary Principle and Its Relevance to Fossils, Stocks, and Stars7. Paleo Personas: Musings on a Soviet Cephalopod, Norman Newell, and Mass Extinctions8. Stardust Memories: Reading Evolution and Extinction in the Stars9. Is Eternal Sex Necessary? Or, What Are These Coywolves Doing in My Backyard?10. Darwin in the Galápagos: Running the Beagle Tape Backward11. Of Cultural Nationalism, Hamlet, and the Cloaca Universalis: Why Citation Is the Best Policy12. When Is a Raptor a Parrot? The Curious Case of the American Kestrel13. What’s Your Favorite Trilobite? Walter Winchell Wouldn’t Have CaredAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex