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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Paperback - 1990

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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  • Title Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
  • Author Gould, Stephen Jay
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition UsedVeryGood
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 1990-09-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5D4000009SRG_ns
  • 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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Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones had anyone brought such grace and skill to the reconstruction of animals from disarticulated skeletons.

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