The Panda’s Thumb

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The Panda’s Thumb
Folio Society
Science & Nature

The Panda’s Thumb

Stephen Jay Gould
Edition year 2024
Binding Paper
Pages 384
Dimensions 24.2 × 15.9 cm

Edition details

The Panda’s Thumb: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould. Introduced by Steve Brusatte. 24 full-page colour illustrations and 21 integrated diagrams and monochrome photographs. Blue endpapers. Bound in printed paper with soft touch lamination, blocked in neon foil on front cover with a picture, light blue spine with titling in black. Plain slipcase. 384pp. 24.2x15.9cm.

About the book

Stephen Jay Gould's The Panda's Thumb is a collection of essays on evolution, natural history and the sometimes imperfect solutions produced by natural selection. The title refers to the giant panda's enlarged wrist bone, which functions like a thumb despite not being a true digit. Gould uses such examples to explain evolution with wit, clarity and an appreciation for the strange pathways of biological history.

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