Wonderful life :

By: Gould, Stephen JayMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Norton, 1990Copyright date: ©1989Edition: First editionDescription: 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 039330700X :; 9780393307009Subject(s): Evolution -- History | Invertebrates, Fossil -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park | Paleontology -- Cambrian | Paleontology -- British Columbia -- Yoho National Park | Paleontology -- Philosophy | Contingency (Philosophy) | Burgess Shale (B.C.) | Yoho National Park (B.C.)DDC classification: 560 LOC classification: QE770 | .G67 1990
Contents:
The Iconography of an expectation -- A background for the Burgess Shale -- Reconstruction of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life -- Walcott's Vision and the Nature of History -- Possible Worlds: The Power of "Just History."
Summary: Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-335) and index.

The Iconography of an expectation -- A background for the Burgess Shale -- Reconstruction of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life -- Walcott's Vision and the Nature of History -- Possible Worlds: The Power of "Just History."

Explains why the diversity of the Burgess Shale is important in understanding our past and evolution.