It All Started with Stephen Jay Gould.

Here's a link to the Stephen Jay Gould Resource Page.
Books by SJG.
(1977)
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
(1977)
Ever Since Darwin
(1980)
The Panda’s Thumb
(1981/1996)
The Mismeasure of Man
(1983)
Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes
(1985)
The Flamingo’s Smile
(1987)
An Urchin in the Storm
(1987)
Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle

(1989)
Wonderful Life
The book that started me thinking about learning about "ishy squishy" things!







(1991)
Bully For Brontosaurus
(1992)
Finders, Keepers
(1993)
Eight Little Piggies
(1993/2001)
The Book of Life
(1995)
Dinosaur in a Haystack
(1996)
Full House
(1997)
Questioning the Millennium
(1999)
Rocks of Ages
(1998)
Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
(2000)
The Lying Stones of Marrakech
(2003)
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister’s Pox
(2003)
I Have Landed