Wonderful Life
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
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1989
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-02705-1 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-02705-1 (ISBN)
"[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.
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.
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.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.11.1989 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
Gewicht | 670 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-02705-8 / 0393027058 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-02705-1 / 9780393027051 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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