Full name: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Author: Stephen Jay Gould Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Award winners, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon OpenLibrary Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393307009 039330700X

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. Similar books: Life by Richard Fortey The Crucible of Creation by Simon Conway Morris Ontogeny and Phylogeny by Stephen Jay Gould The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould Written in Stone by Brian Switek Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms by Richard Fortey Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes by Stephen Jay Gould Dinosaur in a Haystack by Stephen Jay Gould The History of Life by Michael J. Benton Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin Extinction by David M. Raup Eight Little Piggies by Stephen Jay Gould The Story of Life in 25 Fossils by Donald R. Prothero The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins Genome by Matt Ridley Big Bang by Simon Singh The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen Spillover by David Quammen