In 1980, Steven J. Gould published an essay on the emergence of paleobiology as a nomothetic discipline (Gould 1980), nomothetism referring to search for general laws or principles. contrasted this with foundation paleontology, idiographic tradition detailing history life from description new fossil taxa elucidation long-term patterns change through time. Among pioneers expansion was Jim Valent...

Summation rules for various types of convolutions have been the subject of much interest in The Fibonacci Quarterly. The following references are of particular relevance to this topic: Cohen and Hudson [8], Corley [9], Filipponi and Freitag [11], Gould [14], Haukkanen [15], Hsu [19], and finally Philippou and Georghiou [23]. Also consult Neuman and Schonbach’s SIAM Review article [22], where su...

During the 1970s, a ‘‘revolution’’ in American paleobiology took place. It came about in part because a group of mostly young, ambitious paleontologists adapted many of the quantitative methodologies and techniques developed in fields including biology and ecology over the previous several decades to their own discipline. Stephen Jay Gould, who was then just beginning his career, joined others ...