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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural Historyby Gould, Stephen Jay
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Book DescriptionW W Norton & Co Inc, 1991. First Edition. Half Cloth. Very Good +/Good+. Dj. has light edgewear on top, no rips or tears. Fine interior, 540 like new looking pages, clean bds., tan cloth spine. Media Reviews"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history.... Mr. Gould is the Stan Musical of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit with such power that his fans know that they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best." -- John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review Publisher NotesThe many fans who have come to expect a uniquely broad range of subject and elegant, discerning prose from Stephen Jay Gould will be delighted with this new collection, which the author considers by far his best. These essays record a sixty-year battle against creationism, the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the triumph of Voyager's fly-by of Neptune, and other wonders of the world. Drawings. Other Recommended Books
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