Gould Goods
Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print
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Books
Mysteries and Masterpieces
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
12.16.11
Harvard Affiliates’ Books Draw Press Attention
Adam Kirsch, Mark Whitaker, and Niall Ferguson have new books out.
11.10.11
Professor of Organizational Behavior Paul Lawrence Dies
The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.
11.3.11
Off the Shelf
Gordon S. Wood on the birth of the United States, Steven Pinker on declining violence, Jack M. Balkin on “Living Originalism,” and a dozen others whose recent books have Harvard connections
10.19.11
America as Argentina
Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden review recent U.S. economic woes in the context of the “capital flow cycle.”
10.19.11
Spheres of Knowledge
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
10.19.11
On Discovering Drugs
David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell’s “The Quest for the Cure”
10.18.11
“The Swerve,” by Stephen Greenblatt, Named a National Book Awards Finalist
The Cogan University Professor’s recent book, and works by other Harvard authors, reach the finals of the prestigious competition.
10.13.11
Steve Jobs Biographer Is Harvard Overseer
Walter Isaacson ’74 wrote the official biography of the Apple co-founder, to be released October 24.
10.7.11
Putting Stock in Your Doc
In Your Medical Mind, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband write about beliefs and medical choices.
10.5.11
A Sino-American “Contest for Supremacy”
Aaron L. Friedberg writes that the U.S.-China power balance is a cause for concern.
9.27.11
Beauty, Bounty, Brio, Buoyancy
Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album.
8.23.11
Aulus and Me
Reading at the College, and in ancient Rome
8.19.11
The “Steel Factory”
Ezra Vogel’s monumental biography of Deng Xiaopeng, the doctrinaire pragmatist who modernized China.