WONDERFUL LIFE. THE BURGESS SHALE AND THE NATURE OF HISTORY. Stephen Jay Gould, 1989. W.W. Norton, New York 347 p. Softcover, $19.95.

Gould’s Wonderful Life is a wonderful book, and he should have had a wonderful time writing it. The book includes all the Gouldian trademarks. First he uses his great storytelling talent to narrate a ripping good yarn of how three British Scientists, named Simon, Derek, and Harry, unknowingly embarked on a voyage of discovery that has revolutionized our ideas of how life on Earth has evolved over the past 600 million years. Then he has indulged one...

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