BOOK OF LIFE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH

GOULD, STEPHEN JAY & COX, STEVE.;.COLLINS, MARIANNE; JANIS, CHRISTINE; KISH, EL; MORISHIMA, AKIO; SEPKOSKI, JOHN ; SRINGER, CHRISOPHER

ISBN 10: 0393035573 / ISBN 13: 9780393035575

Published by W.W.NORTON & CO, NY, 1989

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VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S40.00) DUST JACKET,CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON DARK BLUE CLOTH HARD COVERS.Bright blue endpapers. WHITE DUST JACKET COVER SHOWS ACTIVE NIGHT LIFE SCENE WITH BARIOUS LARGE REPTILES, RATS, GREEN PLANTS, DARK STARY SKY. ; 256ps pages; The Book of Life is a manifesto proclaiming the essential correctness of evolutionary theory, which has come under fire in places like Afghanistan and Kansas. "Life has changed through time," paleontologist Michael Benton observes. "No other explanation will account for the sequence and variety of the life forms preserved as fossils, or the history recorded since humankind began to draw, paint, and carve, about 30,000 years ago.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BOOK OF LIFE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH
• Publisher: W.W.NORTON & CO, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393035573
• ISBN 13: 9780393035575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by TIBBLES, JEAN PAUL; BARGER, JOHN; BENTON, MICHAEL ART
• Edition: First Edition?.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An illustrated natural history of the earth and its denizens combines paintings, drawings, and computer-generated images with a sweeping yet accessible chronicle of the world's variegated organisms and species.

About the Author

Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship.