Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball
Science meets sport in this vibrant collection of baseball essays by the late evolutionary biologist.Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion. Through the years, the renowned paleontologist published numerous essays on the sport; these have now been collected in a volume alive with the candor and insight that characterized all of Gould's writing. Here are his thoughts on the complexities of childhood streetball and the joys of opening day; tributes to Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, and lesser-knowns such as deaf-mute centerfielder Dummy Hoy; and a frank admission of the contradictio…
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Weitere Autoren: Halberstam, David (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-32557-7
- EAN: 9780393325577
- Produktnummer: 9924161
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.5 cm 454 g
- Gewicht: 454
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Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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