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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Stephen Jay Gould
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Stephen Jay Gould
"Luminous. . . Filled with profound and upsetting ideas like the Burgess Shale itself and just as solid. It is surely one of nature's best stories, told with a light touce by a master of the field".--Lewis Thomas, M. D.
348 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 17, 1990 |
| Original release date | 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780393307009 |
| Publishers | W W Norton & Co Ltd |
| Pages | 348 |
| Dimensions | 54 × 34 × 23 mm · 512 g |
| Language | English |
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