Wonderful Life
The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Recommended by Richard Fortey, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #17 in Geology, Ranked #20 in Evolution — see more rankings.
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history. less
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Richard Fortey Regarded almost as a demi-god, Gould’s written a number of good books. He writes extremely well, but the book that touched me most was this one. (Source)
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- #27 in Earth Science
- #33 in Life Sciences
- #28 in Marine Biology
- #70 in Paleo Diet
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