Questioning the Millennium

1997 book by Stephen Jay Gould

Questioning the Millennium

Author| Stephen Jay Gould
Language| English
Publisher| Harmony Books

Publication date

| 1997
2nd ed. 1999
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print, e-book
Pages| 224 pp.
ISBN| 0-609-60541-0
OCLC| 42258219
Preceded by| Full House
Followed by| Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

Questioning the Millennium is a 1997 book by the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould that deals with the definition and calculation of the millennium, and its meaning in Western culture. New York Times reviewer Robert Eisner described it as a "slim and attractive meditation," which touches upon calendrics, Biblical exegesis, millennial cults, and includes "a charming essay on a young autistic man whose amazing ability to calculate instantly which day of the week coincided with any date mentioned over many centuries".[1] Gould reveals that this young man was his autistic son, Jesse.[2]

Michiko Kakutani wrote that while not one of Gould's more important books, Questioning the Millennium "beguiles and entertains, even as it teaches us to reconsider our preconceptions about the natural world." Kakutani noted that its subject was much broader than simply the millennium, encompassing the human love for order and regularity.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Eisner, Robert (1997). "The Big Round One." The New York Times Nov. 9.
2. ^ Gould, S. J. (1997) "Five Weeks," Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Questioning the Millennium, New York: Crown Publishing Group, pp. 189-205.
3. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (1997). "2,000 Years, What's the Big Deal?" The New York Times.

## Multimedia

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* "Questioning the Millennium" \- interview with Gould on Charlie Rose
* "Questioning the Millenium" \- interview with Gould on All Things Considered

## External links

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* Questioning the Millennium \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* "The First Day of the Rest of Our Life" \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* "Redefining the Millennium: From Sacred Showdowns to Current Countdowns" \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* "Dousing Diminutive Dennis's Debate (or DDDD=2000)" \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* "Today Is the Day" \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* "Fall in the House of Ussher" \- by Stephen Jay Gould
* Random House promotional page

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Books by Stephen Jay Gould

General|

* An Urchin in the Storm
* The Mismeasure of Man
* Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle
* Wonderful Life
* Full House
* Questioning the Millennium
* Rocks of Ages
* The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox

Essay collections
from Natural History

* Ever Since Darwin
* The Panda's Thumb
* Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes
* The Flamingo's Smile
* Bully for Brontosaurus
* Eight Little Piggies
* Dinosaur in a Haystack
* Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
* The Lying Stones of Marrakech
* I Have Landed

Technical|

* Ontogeny and Phylogeny
* The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

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