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Birthdate: 1945-07-31
Gender: male
Education: California Institute of Technology (BS 1970)
Rockefeller University (PhD 1975)
Occupations: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Organizations: Princeton University
Relationships: Gould, Grant F. (son)
Gould, Carol Grant (wife)
Short biography: James L. Gould is an ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer. He has served as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University since receiving his Ph.D in 1975. He is primarily known for the experiment he designed while an undergraduate at Caltech which proved that bees use complex dances to communicate the location of food. Gould went on to do work that specialized in communication in Southern Right Whales.In addition to several technical works and textbooks, he has cowritten with his wife Carol Grant Gould the popular science book The Honey Bee, and Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation.

Gould has published studies that made serious contributions to the ethological understanding of animal navigation and sexual selection. During his long lasting career at Princeton, besides research, Gould has been dedicated to teaching introductory biology and animal behavior courses, as well as field courses in marine biology.

(Biography adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L.... accessed 2013-12-15).
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Associated Place (for map): New Jersey, USA

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farrhon 228 reviews

The Animal Mind (Scientific American Library Series) by James L. Gould

Fun - obviously smart, educated, articulate authors who explain and don't talk down to their educated audience. Loved it.

Oct 3, 2024

janemarieprice 391 reviews

Animal Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence by James L. Gould

In general I enjoyed this book. I preferred the chapters on birds and their nests as it focused more on the built objects and the way in which they are built than the cognitive abilities which produce building techniques.

Aug 25, 2008