Stephen Jay Gould Quote

History subverts the stereotype of science as a precise, heartless enterprise that strips the uniqueness from any complexity and reduces everything to timeless, repeatable, controlled experiments in a laboratory.


The Flamingo's Smile, Prologue (p. 18), W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1985


History subverts the stereotype of science as a precise, heartless enterprise that strips the uniqueness from any complexity and reduces everything...

History subverts the stereotype of science as a precise, heartless enterprise that strips the uniqueness from any complexity and reduces everything...

History subverts the stereotype of science as a precise, heartless enterprise that strips the uniqueness from any complexity and reduces everything...

History subverts the stereotype of science as a precise, heartless enterprise that strips the uniqueness from any complexity and reduces everything...