riously enough to refute them, Gould gives them more seriousness than they deserve.
To this reader, the most interesting comments made by Gould are those which are most casually made. For example, Gould writes of one follower of Broca who used some measurements "to publish what must be the most vicious attack upon women in modern scientific literature (no one can top Aristotle)" (Gould 226). I would have much more appreciated an essay on Aristotle, who is taken so seriously in Western thought, than one on Broca, who appears to be a blatant, transparent, raging misogynist who abuses the name of science in order to pursue his hatred and fear of women. Alas, Gould mentions Aristotle only that one time.
As little as Broca's measurements mean to this reader, it is faintly interesting to read that he used the measurements of only thirteen skulls---seven male and six female---to come to his most im
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