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Item Details
Title:
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THE LYING STONES OF MARRAKECH
PENULTIMATE REFLECTIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY |
By: |
Stephen Jay Gould |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£16.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674061675 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674061675 |
Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
20 September, 2011 |
Pages: |
384 |
Description: |
Gould covers topics as diverse as episodes in the birth of paleontology to lessons from Britain's four greatest Victorian naturalists. This collection presents the richness and fascination of the various lives that have fueled the enterprise of science and opened our eyes to a world of unexpected wonders. |
Synopsis: |
A popular essayist offers his perspective on natural history and the people who have tried to decipher it in this collection of essays on topics from fake fossils to vanishing planets. Photos. |
US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
Illustrations: |
31 halftones, 13 line illustrations |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
The Belknap Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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