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The Lying Stones of Marrakech (2000) is the ninth volume of collected essays by the Harvard paleontologist, Stephen Jay Gould. The essays were culled from his monthly column "The View of Life" in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for 27 years.
- Stephen Jay Gould
- 2000
29. Nov. 2011 · The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2000. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063372
- Stephen Jay Gould
- November 29, 2011
- 2000
The lying stones of Marrakech : penultimate reflections in natural history. "In his latest collection of essays, bestselling scientist Stephen Jay Gould once again offers his unmistakable perspective on natural history and the people who have tried to make sense of it.
2. Feb. 2021 · 372 pages ; 24 cm Includes index Episodes in the birth of paleontology: the nature of fossils and the history of the earth -- Present at the creation: how France's three finest scientists established natural history in an age of revolution -- Darwin's century-and ours: lessons from Britain's four greatest Victorian naturalists -- Six little pieces on the meaning and location of excellence ...
11. Apr. 2000 · Eighteenth-century scholar Johann Beringer wrote a treatise on the wondrous "lying stones" (Lugensteine) of Wurzburg, a hoax cruel colleagues planted to make him look dumb: "Beringer could not have been more wrong about the Lugensteine, but he couldn't have been more right about the power of paleontology." A colleague of Galileo's ...
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- Stephen Jay Gould
In this work of twenty-three essays, selected by Booklist as one of the top ten science and technology books of 2000, Gould covers topics as diverse as episodes in the birth of paleontology to...
The Lying Stones of Marrakech. Stephen Jay Gould. Harvard University Press, 2011 - Science - 371 pages. Gould covers topics as diverse as episodes in the birth of paleontology to lessons from...
