Title Wonderful life : the Burgess Shale and the nature of history / Stephen Jay Gould

Edition First edition Published New York : W.W. Norton, [1989] New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [1989] ©1989 ©1989

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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 Summary Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution Analysis Burgess Shale Burgess shale Fossils Evolution - History Fossils - Canada - British Columbia Invertebrates, Fossil Invertebrates, Fossil - British Columbia - Yoho National Park Palaeontology - Cambrian Paleontology - British Columbia - Yoho National Park Paleontology - Cambrian Paleontology - Philosophy Yoho National Park (B.C.) Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index Subject Contingency (Philosophy) Invertebrates, Fossil -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. Paleontology -- Cambrian. Paleontology -- Philosophy. Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. Contingency (Philosophy) Invertebrates, Fossil -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. Invertebrates, Fossil. Paleontology -- Cambrian. Paleontology -- Philosophy. Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park -- Cambrian Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park. SUBJECT Burgess Shale (B.C.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88007900 Yoho National Park (B.C.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149197 Yoho National Park, British Colombia LC no. 88037469 ISBN 0393027058 039330700X 9780393027051 9780393307009

Other Titles Burgess Shale and the nature of history

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