Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science, and one of the most influential popular science writers of his generation.
He taught at Harvard University and worked at the American Museum of Natural History.
His research focused on land snails, and he helped develop punctuated equilibrium theory in evolution.
Gould opposed strict selectionism, human sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology, while campaigning against creationism.
He proposed science and religion as compatible "magisteria" with non-overlapping authority.
His essays and treatises, including The Mismeasure of Man, Ever Since Darwin, and Wonderful Life, reached wide audiences and shaped scientific discourse.
