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

（Penguin books, Penguin Science）

Penguin, 1991

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-331) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Basing his argument around the history of science's treatment of the fossils of the Burgess shale, the author presents a view of evolution as a non-progressive system, which saw a wide range of early designs for life winnowed down to the relatively few basic designs that exist today.

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Details

• NCID: BA20001870
• ISBN:
  • 0140133801
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: 347 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 575
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814