David H. - , reviewed on 6/15/2019 + 174 more book reviews

The interesting part for me was the discussion of why the decline and now absence of the .400 hitter is good for baseball. It's a matter of statistics that demonstrates the improvement of the game at all other levels -- an understandable argument when talking about games with rules. That however left me wondering about his use of statistics to describe and justify the role of natural evolution in life -- but then perhaps is Gould saying that it too is a game with rules?

Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details