Geological Immensity and Human Insignificance: The Proper Scale of Our Ecological Crisis

Stephen J. Gould is Professor of Geology and Zoology at Harvard University, and Curator for Invertebrate Paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. His books include Ever Since Darwin, The Panda's Thumb, Hen's Teeth and Horses Toes, and The Mismeasure of Man. Part of the World Affairs Series.