Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287).
Contents
from Parts of animals / Aristotle -- from The way things are / Lucretius -- from Novum organum / Francis Bacon -- Conclusion to On the origin of species / Charles Darwin -- Struggle for existence / Charles Darwin -- from The descent of man / Charles Darwin -- Natural selection / Charles Darwin -- from Experiments in plant hybridization / Gregor Mendel -- from An introduction to the study of experimental medicine / Claude Bernard -- The snout / Loren Eiseley -- from Silent spring / Rachel Carson -- Ecce homo! / Konrad Lorenz -- Rats / Konrad Lorenz -- from The double helix / James D. Watson -- from The selfish gene / Richard Dawkins -- Why big fierce animals are rare / Paul Colinvaux -- Just in the middle / Stephen Jay Gould -- from The diversity of life / Edward O. Wilson -- Life from scum / Lynn Margulis.
