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La vida maravillosa

CienciasISBN | 9788474234930
La vida maravillosa
La vida maravillosa
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Pages: 368 pages
Publisher: FisicalBook
ISBN: 9788474234930
Format: tapa blanda
Language: es-ES
Release date: 1/3/1991

ISBN: 9788474234930


Synopsis of La vida maravillosa

En 'La Vida Maravillosa', Stephen Jay Gould explora la historia de la vida a través del estudio de los fósiles encontrados en Burgess Shale, Canadá. Estos fósiles, datados de hace 530 millones de años, revelan una asombrosa diversidad de formas de vida, incluso mayor que la que se encuentra en los océanos actuales. Gould desafía la idea de una evolución lineal y predecible, introduciendo el azar y la contingencia como factores clave. El autor argumenta que la aparición del ser humano no es el resultado inevitable de un proceso evolutivo, sino más bien un accidente cósmico reciente, cuyo destino podría ser la extinción, como ocurrió con los dinosaurios. Este libro invita a reflexionar sobre el significado de nuestra existencia, nuestro origen y nuestro destino desde una perspectiva científica. Gould nos muestra cómo la historia de la vida está llena de sorpresas y cómo la contingencia juega un papel fundamental en la evolución de las especies.



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Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors of popular science of his generation. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential figures in evolutionary biology. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.

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