Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

Author(s)

• Gould, Stephen Jay

Bibliographic Information

Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

Stephen Jay Gould

W.W. Norton, 1990, c1989

• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 325-335

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA18835184
• ISBN:
  • 039330700X
• LCCN: 88037469
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 347 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QE770
  • DC19 : 560/.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Invertebrates, Fossil -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park
  • LCSH : Paleontology -- Cambrian
  • LCSH : Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park
  • LCSH : Burgess Shale (B.C.)
  • LCSH : Paleontology -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Contingency (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Yoho National Park (B.C.)