Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Quiz

Stephen Jay Gould

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapter 1, The Iconography of an Explanation

Chapter 2, A Background for the Burgess Shale

Chapter 3, Reconstruction of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life

The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974

The Burgess Drama, Act 2. A New View Takes Hold: Homage to Opabinia, 1975

The Burgess Drama, Act 3. The Revision Expands: The Success of a Research Team, 1975-1978

The Burgess Drama, Act 4. Completion and Codiication of an Argument: Naraoia and Aysheaia, 1977-1978.

The Burgess Drama, Act 5. The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia, 1979 - Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers)

Remainder of Chapter 3

Chapter 4, Walcott's Vision and the Nature of History

Chapter 5, Possible Worlds

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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Quiz

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Quiz

Where did Collins find another dig site? (from The Burgess Drama, Act 5. The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia, 1979 - Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers))

Who dissented with Whittington about Aysehaia? (from The Burgess Drama, Act 4. Completion and Codiication of an Argument: Naraoia and Aysheaia, 1977-1978.)

What was Yohoia specialized for? (from The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974)

What did Whittington later note that he labored under? (from The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974)

What do Oxford advisers not spend much of their time on, according to Gould? (from The Burgess Drama, Act 3. The Revision Expands: The Success of a Research Team, 1975-1978)