The lying stones of Marrakech
Subtitle: penultimate reflections in natural history
By: Stephen Jay Gould.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Natural history -- Popular works; Evolution (Biology) -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Episodes in the birth of paleontology: the nature of fossils and the history of the earth; title: Present at the creation: how France's three finest scientists established natural history in an age of revolution; title: Darwin's century-and ours: lessons from Britain's four greatest Victorian naturalists; title: Six little pieces on the meaning and location of excellence; title: Science in society; title: Evolution at all scales.