Description: 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.
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EAN: 9780393307009
UPC: 9780393307009
ISBN: 9780393307009
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Book Title: Wonderful Life : the Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Topic: Life Sciences / Evolution, Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Paleontology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 1990
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 15 oz
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback