Long a fixture at Harvard and a passionate contributor to the public understanding of science, the biologist and science historian Stephen Jay Gould became known as "America's unofficial evolutionist laureate" thanks to his 20 popular books, his essays for Natural History magazine and his frequent television appearances.

In the years since his death in 2002, Gould's widow has undertaken a large online compendium of his lectures and writing, but as of late 2007 it is still under construction. Until it's complete, this "unofficial" site presents a simple, useful library of links to articles by and about Gould and his ideas. It includes biographical profiles; essays addressing the major themes of his career, including punctuated equilibrium and the "Darwin wars"; entire books from the history of evolutionary biology (by Darwin, Wallace and others); and interviews with Gould, Ernst Mayr, Richard Dawkins and others.

This material is presented as simply and clearly as possible. Some material is housed on the site itself, and the links to external sites are well organized and well maintained (we found no dead links, a common failing among such sites). Until Gould's online archive is officially complete, this site offers a thorough, balanced review and appreciation of his work.