Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould

Wonderful Life

Stephen Jay Gould

347 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

A masterpiece of analysis and imagination...It centres on a sensational discovery in the field of palaeontology - the existence, in the Burgess Shale... of 530-million-year-old fossils unique in age, preservation and diversity...With skill and pas...

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Moods

challenging 100%
informative 100%
inspiring 50%
reflective 50%
emotional 25%
hopeful 25%
lighthearted 25%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

Average rating

4.1

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