Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 496 pages
- Published by: Three Rivers Press December 17, 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0517888246
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0517888247
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History (Audio Cassette)
I use tapes while commuting to work. This just happened to be the next on my list. I had read some of the earlier works and was planning to hear disassociated unique ideas. "Oranges" by John A. McPhee ISBN: 0374226881 is just that way (a little history, a little myth, and maybe some economics.) or a continuing string of thought like "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski. What I found was something surprisingly unique. I never realized how coherent reflections could be. Like the columnist, Dave Berry, Stephen Jay Gould would start out with the most innocent of statements and parlay that into an earth shattering reflection. And just as you think he is going way out in left field, he ties it all together. And each chapter is summed up and is tied to one whole reflection on natural history. Having every other reflection in a male and female voice made it easier to listen to. You will never look at snails with the same twist again.
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