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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History is a 1989 book on the evolution of Cambrian fauna by Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. The volume made The New York Times Best Seller list , [1] was the 1991 winner of the Royal Society 's Rhone-Poulenc Prize , the American Historical Association 's Forkosch Award, and was a ...
- Stephen Jay Gould
- 347 pp.
- 1989
- 1989
Sep 17, 1990 · In Wonderful Life, Stephen Jay Gould traces the history of this incredible find and comes to some controversial conclusions of his own. The book, published in 1989, was a best seller and won the Aventis prize for science books in 1991 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in that same year.
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- Stephen Jay Gould
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Oct 1, 1989 · Wonderful Life is a book by Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould that explores the evolution of Cambrian fauna based on the fossils of the Burgess Shale. The book argues that chance and contingency play a major role in the history of life, and that many of the bizarre creatures of the Burgess Shale could have been our ancestors if history ...
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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 , Wonderful Life, The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, Stephen Jay Gould, 9780393307009
Jun 10, 2009 · Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history. by. Gould, Stephen Jay. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Invertebrates, Fossil, Paleontology, Paleontology, Paleontology, Contingency (Philosophy), Évolution, Invertébrés fossiles, Paléontologie, Paléontologie, Paléontologie, Contingence (Philosophie), Evolución, Evolutie ...
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. Stephen Jay Gould. W.W. Norton, 1989 - Science - 347 pages. High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry...
About the author (1989) 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...
