Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin

Life's Grandeur

The Spread of Excellence From Plato to Darwin

By
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
1996 • 244 pages

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51 books

Science

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Daren
Early Man and the Ocean: The Beginning of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations
The Floating Egg
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Sex and Violence, or Nature and Art
Coquest of the underwater World

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2,756 books

Owned

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Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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1,244 books

Own To Read

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Daren
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
27,000 Miles Through Australia
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
The World at Their Feet; the story of New Zealand mountaineers in the great ranges of the world
Camps and Climbs in Arctic Norway
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara

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2,154 books

Non Fiction

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Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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555 books

Usa Author

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Daren
The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break
Lucky You
Magician: Apprentice
Silverthorn
Prince of the Blood
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Fires of Heaven

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530 books

History

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Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Autobiography of a geisha
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Last Thirty Years
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People