false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg 36475 14 55914 book 1989 Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History total:424|5:11|4:10|3:5|2:0|1:0| 424 1781 646 55 1552518 0393027058 9780393027051 16 6 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234222907m/1552518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1552518.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 0 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:11:39 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 17:13:37 -0800 2009 1 Wonderful Life is not a perfect book, but it is certainly an amazing book. It's pertinent to ask, "Where does the book fall flat?"

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One of the best science books I have ever read because the story is so extraordinary. Most of the late Stephen Jay Gould’s published works are collections of his essays but this is a full-length book that tells the story of the fossils found in the Burgess Shale...more...]]> 1857948 0735100314 9780735100312 2 2 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189296652m/1857948.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1857948.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 20:26:34 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 06:58:25 -0800 2007 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 14 10:53:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:17:02 -0700 2009 It's a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart, and focuses on the life earth would...more...]]> 1552518 0393027058 9780393027051 16 6 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234222907m/1552518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1552518.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Sep 21 11:25:37 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:29:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 3 0 false Sun Aug 30 19:21:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 20:21:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 19:21:01 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 1 false Tue Dec 16 09:30:04 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 07 18:56:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 23 03:36:19 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 03:39:30 -0700 2008 In the movie It's A Wonderful Life, George Bailey tells Uncle Billy that the three most exciting sounds are of anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles. To me, one is that of a page being turned. Books transport you into periods and worlds that you can never hope to visit, most existing in ei...

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This is a crazy new concept. It provides a whole new twist to the theory of evolution. It basically turns evolution upside down and says, at least for ...more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 12:51:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 12:55:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 1 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:42:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:44:28 -0700 2009 1552518 0393027058 9780393027051 16 6 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234222907m/1552518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1552518.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sun Jan 25 13:02:15 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:04:02 -0800 2009 1 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 3 0 false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:24:36 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 17:28:58 -0800 2009 Wonderful Life was a fascinating and exciting book; the descriptions and illustrations of the weird and wonderful fossils of the Burgess Shale were awe-inspiring. But the amount of dry history of the life of Henry Walcott in chapter four was anti-climactic. If some more of that had been added to the...more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Jun 15 09:28:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:33:03 -0700 2009 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 20:36:27 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:37:29 -0800 2009 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 0 0 false Sat Feb 14 03:23:08 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 03:24:04 -0800 2009 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 03:15:42 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 03:15:42 -0700 2007 This book is a good example. I enjoyed it even though it was difficult to work through at points since this...more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 2 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 13:48:59 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:08:12 -0800 2009 It's a tale about the rediscover of some forgot fossils dating back to the Cambrian explosion at a sight known as the Burgess Shale in Canada. Gould argues in the book that these unus...more...]]> 36475 039330700X 9780393307009 383 43 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228161229m/36475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36475.Wonderful_Life_The_Burgess_Shale_and_the_Nature_of_History 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 12:55:04 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 14:44:45 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=36475