Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

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• Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms By Stephen Jay Gould

  Intimate and accurate detail . . . , Stephen Jay Gould writes in his new collection, serves as a source of delight in itself, and also as a springboard to discourse about generalities of broadest scope. The pleasure of detail is the lifeblood of all ... (read full critics)

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  This is only one of several SJG works I've read, yet I found it most interesting. You don't have to agree with all his opinions, or the way he often states theory as fact, but his use of metaphor and the drawing together of many disparate historical narratives to involve the reader contribute to mak ... (continue)

  This is only one of several SJG works I've read, yet I found it most interesting. You don't have to agree with all his opinions, or the way he often states theory as fact, but his use of metaphor and the drawing together of many disparate historical narratives to involve the reader contribute to make him an entertaining writer of many excellent works in the fields of evolution and biology. His influence will permeate the sciences for some time.

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• English Books
• Paperback 432 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0609804758
• ISBN-13: 9780609804759
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Pub date: Nov 02, 1999
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook

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