Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time |
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Author:
| Gould, Stephen Jay |
Series title: | The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-89199-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1988 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Stephen Jay Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time," the vastness of earth's history, a history so ancient that we can comprehend it only as metaphor.
Stephen Jay Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time," the vastness of earth's history, a history so ancient that we can comprehend it only as metaphor.