Crossing over: where art and science meet [2000 first edition]

Stephen Jay Gould and Rosamund Wolff Purcell

ISBN 10: 060980586X / ISBN 13: 9780609805862

Published by Three River Press, 2000

About this Item

General surface wear to gatefold covers with immaculate interior, well illustrated 21.5 x 28cm., 159 pages, ISBN 060980586X.

Seller Inventory # 000787

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crossing over: where art and science meet [2000 first edition]
• Publisher: Three River Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 060980586X
• ISBN 13: 9780609805862
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

The collaborators of Finders, Keepers and Illuminations present photographed essays that consider such topics as the terrestrial names of oceanic creatures, the relativity of scale as seen with bird eggs, and humanity's genetic ape cousin. Original. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Stephen Jay Gould was one of the most influential evolutionary biologists and most acclaimed science essayists of the 20th century. He died in May 2002. He was the author of numerous books, including <b>The Lying Stones of Marrakech</b> and <b>Questioning the Millennium</b>. <br><br>ROSAMOND WOLFF PURCELL is a photographer whose acclaimed work includes <b>Special Cases: Natural Anomalies and Historical Monsters</b>, a Village Voice book of the year, and the award-winning <b>Swift as a Shadow</b>. She lives in Boston.