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AN URCHIN IN THE STORM: Essays about Books and Ideas
by Gould, Stephen Jay
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393305376
- ISBN 13
- 9780393305371
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1988, 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine. Octavo, softcover, near fine in gray pictorial wraps with hedgehog on cover. Ranging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection. 255 pp. including index. Clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
An Urchin in the Storm is a volume of collected essays from paleontologist and well-known science writer Stephen Jay Gould. All but one of the essays had originally appeared in The New York Review of Books.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81773
- Title
- AN URCHIN IN THE STORM: Essays about Books and Ideas
- Author
- Gould, Stephen Jay
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393305376
- ISBN 13
- 9780393305371
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1988
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
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- Octavo
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