Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

著者

• Gould, Stephen Jay

書誌事項

Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

Stephen Jay Gould

Vintage, 2000

注記

Bibliography: p. 325-335

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago. Called the Burgess Shale, it holds the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived - a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in incredible detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale might tell us about evolution and the nature of history. The Darwinian theory of evolution is a well-known, well-explored area. But there is one aspect of human life which this theory of evolution fails to account for: chance. Using the brilliantly preserved fossil fauna of the Burgess Shale as his case study, Gould argues that chance was in fact one of the decisive factors in the evolution of life on this planet, and that, with a flip of coin, everything could have been very different indeed.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA50351022
• ISBN:
  • 9780099273455
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 347 p.
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QE770
  • DC19 : 560/.9
  • NDLC : ME583
• 件名:
  • 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.)