Stephen Jay Gould vs. Isaac Asimov
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Stephen Jay Gould
1941 – 2002
Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.
"In return for this great gift that I could not repay in a thousand lifetimes, at least I can promise that, although I have frequently advanced wrong, or even st…"
Isaac Asimov
1920 – 1992
Isaac Asimov was an American author and biochemist, best known for his prolific science fiction works such as the Foundation series and for popular science books.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
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