Historian Ronald Numbers has been quoted as saying: "I can't say much about Gould's strengths as a scientist, but for a long time I've regarded him as the second most influential historian of science (next to Thomas Kuhn)."
O historiador Ronald Numbers afirmou: «Non podo dicir moito sobre os puntos fortes de Gould como científico, pero durante moito tempo considereino o segundo historiador da ciencia máis influente (xunto a Thomas Kuhn)».