First edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. The sixth volume from the "This View of Life" column,begun in 1974 in Natural History. Thirty one essays on aspects of environmental deterioration and the massive extinction of species on our present earth. Illustrated. 479+ 1 pages. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo..
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About the Author:
Stephen Jay Gould's books include The Mismeasure of Man, The Flamingo's Smile, Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle, Bully for Brontosaurus and the international bestseller Wonderful Life. He teaches biology, geology and the history of science at Harvard University.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0224037161
- ISBN 13 9780224037167
- BindingPaperback
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