Die Lügensteine von Marrakesch. Vorletzte Erkundungen der Naturgeschichte

A new episode virtuosic essays by Stephen Jay Gould, the master of natural history. The topics range from the fossil research of the 18th Century and especially their ludicrous forgeries, etc. “Beringer’s Lying Stones” about the invention of the scientific natural history research by Buffon, Lavoisier and Lamarck to the more curious phenomena in evolutionary history. Once again, Gould proves to be a brilliant historian of science who understands it like no other to bring the wonders of nature to a wide audience, by maintaining excellent.