Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould

Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould

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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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Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould

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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ISBN 13 9780140133806
ISBN 10 0140133801
Title Wonderful Life
Author Stephen Jay Gould
Series Penguin Science
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1991-03-28
Number of pages 352
Prizes Winner of Rhone Poulenc General Prize for Science Books 1991
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