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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Trade paperback - 1989

by Gould, Stephen Jay

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"Luminous. . .Filled with profound and upsetting ideas like the Burgess Shale itself and just as solid. It is surely one of nature's best stories, told with a light touce by a master of the field".--Lewis Thomas, M.D.

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Book Club Edition. Edges lightly worn. 1989 Trade Paperback. 347 pp. "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.
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  • Title Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
  • Author Gould, Stephen Jay
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, New York
  • Date 1989
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2320826
  • ISBN 9780393307009 / 039330700X
  • Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.16 x 0.93 in (23.47 x 15.65 x 2.36 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Paleontology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88037469
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.83

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  • Publishers Weekly, 08/17/1990, Page 0

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