Stephen Jay Gould on "The Connection" Dec. 15, 2000

Hosted by Christopher Lydon. From WBUR, and NPR.
Stephen Jay Gould was the most popular modern guardian not just of Charles Darwin’s evolutionary science, but of the quasi-religious enthusiasm that closes the _Origin of Species_, where Darwin wrote “there is grandeur in this view of life.” Through 27 years Steve Gould has written an unbroken series of essays in the magazine Natural History, all under the heading: “This view of life.” Excitement, awe, a certain sentimentality some would say, are the mark of his scientific writing-about the beauty of fossils, about Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak or the majestic, improbable continuity of 3-and-a-half billion years of life on earth.
He writes with a connected passion about his Hungarian immigrant grandparents, Grammy and Papa Joe, who landed 100 years ago in New York. Encompassing continuity and change, evolution is the “roots” story write large. Steve Gould’s view of life is this hour on The Connection.
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[@myroseaccount]

He really is missed

[@johnstrasswimmermdphd7424]

Thank you for uploading this. "The Connection" was a great part of living in Boston at the time.

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Many thanks for uploading!

[@SSNewberry]

A good moment to remind us.

[@nehorlavazapalka]

He was a liar and a diletant.

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why

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He was a brilliant evolutionary biologist who helped popularize important aspects of evolution, and generally how life works. He certainly was not any liar.