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

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

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60 out of 60 people found this review helpful.

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 Shale...
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  4.0

by: Hypotenuse
Recommended to buy: Yes

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exquisite detail
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recent research has dated parts of this...
 
30 out of 30 people found this review helpful.

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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  3.0

by: wrdnik3
Recommended to buy: Yes

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beautifully written, fascinating...
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confusing, misleading, very probably...
 
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

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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  4.0

by: abbydrake
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Gives meaning to human existence...
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Great message but it takes awhile to...
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

The great explosion of diversity

Date of Review:  Nov 27, 1999
Review: In "Wonderful Life", Stephen Jay Gould gives us a new view on the fossil life forms represented in the Burgess Shale (one of the oldest fossil bearing shale formations on the planet). Previous attempts at examining life forms represented in the...
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  5.0

by: kurt_h
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Opens up the topic of early diversity...
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Some of the conclusions seem a bit too...
 

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