Stephen Jay Gould’s latest collection of essays written for Natural
History is Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms. The
title essay explores da Vinci’s idea that fossils flowed in internal rivers that
deposited them at the surface. Great stories, elegantly told. Published in
paperback by Vintage, £7.99, ISBN 0099289245.
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