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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Wonderful Life The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Tucked into the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. Discovered early in the century, the shale holds the remains of an ancient sea that nurtured more varities of life than can be found in all of our modern oceans. Darwinian theory says that animals living so long ago were necessari...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393307009
ISBN-10: 039330700X
Publication Date: 9/1/1990
Pages: 256
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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A great vbook for people into Really old Paleontalogy. This one is on the creatures of the mid Cambian period. Also Gould does a as usual, fine job on covering the background and how of Science in general. The Psychology that sends researches astray as well as the pesistence and testing that makes it work. Recomend this for Science buffs. Not a hard read though.
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