- Evolution (Biology), Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution), Long Now Manual for Civilization, Evolution
The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Stephen Jay Gould
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 1464
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674417922
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Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. - Wikipedia
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