NEWS HEADLINES

  • 'I thought I was going to die' - Venezuelans describe earthquake panic

    Buildings were flattened in the capital Caracas, where voices have been heard calling from the rubble. read more

  • France, UK and Spain see record temperatures as heatwave grips western Europe

    Tens of millions of people are grappling with punishing temperatures, which have led to red heat alerts across the continent. read more

  • Trump asks Congress for billions for Iran war, after tension with Republicans

    But the budget faces an uphill battle as the president spars with some members of his own party over the issue. read more

  • Oil price falls to levels not seen since before Iran war

    Energy prices have been on a wild ride since Iran responded to US and Israeli attacks by effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz. read more

  • Philippines bans video game played by alleged high school shooter

    The rare school shooting that left three students killed and 20 others injured has shocked the country. read more

CYBER OFFICE + readmore

ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY

STEPHEN JAY GOLD

BIOGRAPHY

Stephen Jay Gould was born and raised in the community of Bayside, a neighborhood of the northeastern section of Queens in New York City. His father Leonard was a court stenographer, and his mother Eleanor was an artist whose parents were Jewish immigrants living and working in the city’s Garment District.[6] When Gould was five years old his father took him to the Hall of Dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History, where he first encountered Tyrannosaurus rex. “I had no idea there were such things—I was awestruck,” Gould once recalled.[7] It was in that moment that he decided to become a paleontologist.

Raised in a secular Jewish home, Gould did not formally practice religion and preferred to be called an agnostic. Biologist Jerry Coyne, who had Gould on his thesis committee, described him as a “diehard atheist if there ever was one.

stephen