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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

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

by Stephen Jay Gould
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen Jay GouldPublish date:1990-09-01Pages:350
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393027051ISBN-10:393027058UPC:9780393027051Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Paleontology, Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.55 x 6.45 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC85A1GPP7
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393027051ISBN-10:393027058UPC:9780393027051Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Paleontology, Life SciencesBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.55 x 6.45 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC85A1GPP7
Gould, Stephen Jay: - Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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