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Copyright © 1987 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Gould, Stephen Jay.
Time's arrow, time's cycle.

(The Jerusalem-Harvard lectures)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Geological time—Study and teaching—History.
2. Burnet, Thomas, 1635?–1715. Telluris theoria sacra.
3. Hutton, James, 1726–1797. Theory of the earth.
4. Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797–1875.I. Tide.

II. Series.

QE508.G68 1987         551.7′01′09         86-29485
ISBN 0–674–89198–8 (alk. paper) (cloth)
ISBN 0–674–89199–6 (paper)