Download or read book The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2003 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on the philosophy of seventh century B.C. Greek soldier and poet Archilochus to challenge assumptions about an inescapable conflict between science and the humanities, rebut ideas from Edward O. Wilson's Consilience, and explain why the pursuit of knowledge must always operate in tandem with nature. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.