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BL
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631912
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Gould, Stephen Jay
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| Title & Author
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Full house : : the spread of excellence from Plato to Darwin /\ Stephen Jay Gould
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| Edition Statement
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1st Harvard University Press ed
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244 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780674061613
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: 0674061616
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Harmony Books, c1996
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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pt. 1. How shall we read and spot a trend? -- part 2. Death and horses : two cases for the primacy of variation -- part 3. The model batter : extinction of 0.400 hitting and the improvement of baseball -- part 4. The modal bacter : why progress does not rule the history of life
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| Subject
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Evolution (Biology)
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Natural history
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Excellence
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| Dewey Classification
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508
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| LC Classification
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QH366.2.G6593 2011
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