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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Collection of essays by Stephen Jay Gould}}<br />
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| name = Dinosaur in a Haystack<br />
| image = File:Dinosaur in a Haystack (first edition).jpg<br />
| caption = Cover<br />
| author = [[Stephen Jay Gould]]<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| subject = [[Natural history]]<br />
| publisher = Harmony Books<br />
| pub_date = December 12, 1995<br />
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]] and [[paperback]])<br />
| pages = 480<br />
| isbn = 0-517-70393-9<br />
| dewey = 575 20<br />
| congress = QH366.2 .G659 1995<br />
| oclc = 33892123<br />
| preceded_by = [[Eight Little Piggies]]<br />
| followed_by = [[Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Dinosaur in a Haystack''''' is a 1995 book by the paleontologist [[Stephen Jay Gould]]. It collects essays culled from Gould's monthly column "The View of Life" published in ''[[Natural History (magazine)|Natural History]]'' magazine, which Gould contributed for 27 years. The book deals with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution, science biography, probabilities, and strange oddities found in nature.<br />
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His essay "Poe's Greatest Hit" analyzes the controversial [[conchology]] textbook ''[[The Conchologist's First Book]]'' (1839), edited by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. Poe's volume on natural history sold out within two months, and was his only book republished during his lifetime. Essay "Dinomania" is a review of [[Michael Crichton]]'s novel ''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]'' and [[Steven Spielberg]]'s blockbuster [[Jurassic Park (film)|film of the same name]].<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The book received favorable reviews in ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-517-70393-9 | title=Dinosaur in a Haystack review |author=Publishers Weekly |author-link=Publishers Weekly | magazine=Publishers Weekly | accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>[[Phillip Lopate|Lopate, Phillip]] (1996). [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/21/books/snails-frankenstein-and-king-lear-s-daughter.html "Snails, Frankenstein and King Lear's Daughter."] ''[[The New York Times]]'' (Jan. 21): 007009.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1996/10/17/up-against-the-wall/ Up Against the Wall] - by [[Steve Jones (biologist)|Steve Jones]]<br />
*[http://www.sjgouldessays.com/content/nh_essay_summaries_content/07%20Dinosaur%20In%20a%20Haystack.pdf Essay Summaries] - by Lawrence N. Goeller<br />
*[http://dannyreviews.com/h/Dinosaur_in_a_Haystack.html Dinosaur in a Haystack Review] - by Danny Yee<br />
*[http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/2/2denni3.html Book review] by Kathryn Denning<br />
*[http://www.innovation.cc/book-reviews/two-cultures.htm Two Cultures] - by Howard A. Doughty, ''Innovation Journal''<br />
*[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_dinosaurs-haystack.html Dinosaur in a Haystack]<br />
*[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_leviathan.html Hooking Leviathan by Its Past]<br />
*[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2483 Dinomania]<br />
*[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_cordelias-dilemma.html Cordelia's Dilemma]<br />
*[http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_cambrian-uniqueness.html Of Tongue Worms, Velvet Worms, and Water Bears]<br />
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/dinosaur.htm Happy Thoughts on a Sunny Day in New York City]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020721062122/http://www.dilettantepress.com/Essayisthtdocs/Stephen_Jay_Gould.html Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate]&<br />
*[http://samples.audible.com/bk/dove/000188/bk_dove_000188_sample.mp3 Audio from the Prologue] - [[MP3]]<br />
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