Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
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"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."―James Gleick, New York Times Book Review
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived―a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.
Additional Info
Title: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Cover Type: Paperback
Condition: Like New
Categories: Fiction
Page Count: 350
Publish Date: 1989
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393307009
"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."―James Gleick, New York Times Book Review
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived―a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.
Additional Info
Title: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Cover Type: Paperback
Condition: Like New
Categories: Fiction
Page Count: 350
Publish Date: 1989
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393307009
"[An] extraordinary book. . . . Mr. Gould is an exceptional combination of scientist and science writer. . . . He is thus exceptionally well placed to tell these stories, and he tells them with fervor and intelligence."―James Gleick, New York Times Book Review
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived―a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.
Additional Info
Title: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Cover Type: Paperback
Condition: Like New
Categories: Fiction
Page Count: 350
Publish Date: 1989
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393307009