Judge james gould

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Birthdate

1945-07-31

Gender

male

Nationality

USA

Places of residence

Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Education

California Institute of Technology (BS 1970)
Rockefeller University (PhD 1975)

Occupations

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Relationships

Gould, Grant F. (son)
Gould, Carol Grant (wife)

Organizations

Princeton University

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 textbo

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James L. Gould

American biologist

This article is about the biologist and science writer. For other uses, see James Gould.

James L. Gould (born July 31, 1945) is an American ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer. He has served as a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University since receiving his PhD in 1975.^[1] However, 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.^[2] In addition to several technical works and textbooks, he co-wrote with his wife the popular science book The Honey Bee.^[3]

Gould went on to do work that further specialized in communication in southern right whales. He also published studies that made serious contributions to the ethological understanding of animal navigation and sexual selection.

During his long career at Princeton, Gould has been dedicated to teaching as well as research. Notably, he taught introductory biology and animal behavior courses,

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Gould, James L. 1945-

PERSONAL:

Born July 31, 1945, in Tulsa, OK; son of James L. (an engineer) and Doris (a teacher) Gould; married Carol Grant (a writer), June 6, 1970; children: Grant Frazier, Clare Holly. Education:California Institute of Technology, B.S. (with honors), 1970; Rockefeller University, Ph.D., 1975.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, assistant professor, 1975-80, associate professor, 1980-83, professor of biology, 1983—. Military service: U.S. Army, Signal Corps, 1968-69.

MEMBER:

Animal Behavior Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fellow of National Science Foundation, 1970-75, Guggenheim Foundation, 1987-88, and American Association for the Advancement of Science; Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation, 1996; Distinguished Teacher of the Year, Animal Behavior Society, 1997.

WRITINGS:

Ethology: The Mechanisms and Evolution of Behavior, Norton (New Y