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Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle

Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time

Stephen Jay Gould

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Publication Date: 01/01/1988

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Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books.

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