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Item Details
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LEONARDO'S MOUNTAIN OF CLAMS AND THE DIET OF WORMS
ESSAYS ON NATURAL HISTORY |
| By: |
Stephen Jay Gould |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674061632 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674061637 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 September, 2011 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
With his customary brilliance, Gould examines the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that build nature's and humanity's diversity and order. |
| Synopsis: |
This unique volume of 21 recent essays published in "Natural History" magazine consciously formulates a humanistic natural history, telling how humans have learned to study and understand nature, rather than a history of nature itself. 41 illustrations. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Illustrations: |
28 halftones, 20 line illustrations, 2 charts |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The Belknap Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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