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Stephen Jay Gould - Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Books
 
   

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"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.
 
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The Drama of Life Exposed in Ancient Stone

Date of Review:  Mar 29, 2000
The Bottom Line: Very nice.
Review: Stephen Jay Gould writes of the exploration of the Burgess Shale – "The human story of discovery and interpretation, spanning almost eighty years, is wonderful, in the strong literal sense of that much-abused word." In Wonderful Life: The Burgess...
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exquisite detail
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recent research has dated parts of this...
 

Wonderful Life: History according to Stephen Jay Gould

Date of Review:  Mar 13, 2005
The Bottom Line: One of the clearest looks at Stephen Jay Gould?s view of science, history and evolutionary biology. Controversial and authoritative, but very beautifully written.
Review: The late Stephen Jay Gould was one of the greatest popular science writers ever, and certainly one of the top three in evolutionary biology (the other two, as far as I'm concerned, being Thomas Henry Huxley and Richard Dawkins). For twenty-five...
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beautifully written, fascinating...
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confusing, misleading, very probably...
 

MEANING OF LIFE DEMONSTRATED IN THE FOSSIL RECORD.

Date of Review:  Feb 18, 2003
The Bottom Line: A must read for any student of evolution or anyone who would like to have a little more meaning in their life.
Review: Stephen Jay Gould was nothing less than an inspired evolutionary biologist. His writings draw references from far afield to illuminate his interpretations of why biology can have real meaning in our lives. In Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale & the...
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Great message but it takes awhile to...
 
 
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