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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18983518 Title: Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history Author: Stephen Jay Gould Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1989] ©1989 ISBN/ISSN: 0393027058 9780393027051 OCLC:18983518

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Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history

Author:	Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1989] ©1989
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution.
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Subjects	Invertebrates, Fossil -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. Paleontology -- Cambrian. Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Stephen Jay Gould Find more information about:
ISBN:	0393027058 9780393027051
OCLC Number:	18983518
Description:	347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	Preface and acknowledgments. The iconography of an expectation -- A background for the Burgess shale -- Reconstruction of the Burgess shale toward a new view of life -- The Burgess drama -- Walcott's vision and the nature of history -- Possible worlds: the power of "just history" -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
Other Titles:	Burgess Shale and the nature of history
Responsibility:	Stephen Jay Gould.

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Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution.

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