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John Pickrell

The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 edited by edited by John Pickrell

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December 2018, no. 407
Paul Humphries reviews 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2018' edited by John Pickrell

I first encountered Stephen Jay Gould when I happened on one of his books in a bookshop during my late teens. Its unusual title, The Panda’s Thumb, caught my eye. The lead article channelled Charles Darwin’s approach to understanding the natural world, not through looking at perfect adaptations to the environment but ...

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