Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale & the Nature of History
by Stephen Jay Gould
- Used
- Condition
- Trade Paperback, Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393027058
- ISBN 13
- 9780393027051
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About the book: "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.
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7109-10.2922
- Title
- Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale & the Nature of History
- Author
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Book Condition
- Used - Trade Paperback, Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed., 22nd Prt'g.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393027058
- ISBN 13
- 9780393027051
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 347
- Keywords
- Evolution History
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