Stephen Jay Gould, Jack Sepkoski, and the 'quantitative revolution' in American paleobiology

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-237

  Sepkoski, David ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

J. John Sepkoski, Jr.; Paleobiology; Paleontology; Statistics; Stephen Jay Gould

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144443209     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-004-2084-5     Document Type: Article

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