A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying

Brilliant ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane

If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong ... this book is required reading

An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read

A marvellous book... This second part of the life stands on its own. Soothing, unhurried and absorbing

A fitting tribute to his career, as it combines, in both style and substance, the different themes of his life's work. Blending genuine literary talents with impeccable scientific credentials, Gould crafts an elegant entreaty for scientists and scholars to spend less time complaining about each other and more time combining their considerable resources. We need both the fox and the hedgehog in any intellectual menagerie - the persistent pluralist