| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
| Publisher Series | Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft |
| Translated by | Klaus Laermann, Eva-Maria Schmitz |
| Imprint | Suhrkamp |
| Publisher | Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag |
| First Published by | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Copyright Holder | Stephen Jay Gould, Birkhäuser Verlag Basel |
| Licensed from | Birkhäuser Verlag |
| Set and Printed by | Wagner GmbH, Nördlingen |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Willy Fleckhaus, Rolf Staudt |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | German |
| Location | Germany |
| This Edition Published | 1989 |
| Copyright | 1980 |
| Copyright | 1987 |
| Pages / Font | 351 pages |
| Series Number | stw 789 |
| ISBN | 3-518-28389-8 |
| Price | 2200 |
| Edition No. | 1. |
| Notes | Printed in Germany |
