| Description |
476 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-458) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- [pt]. 1. Zoonomia (and exceptions) -- Reversals -- 1. The flamingo's smile -- 2. Only his wings remained -- 3. Sex and size -- Boundaries -- 4. Living with connections -- 5. A most ingenious paradox -- [pt]. 2. Theory and perception -- Two admirable creationists -- 6. Adam's navel -- 7. The freezing of Noah -- The cloven hoofprint of theory -- 8. False premise, good science -- 9. For want of a metaphor -- [pt]. 3. The importance of taxonomy -- 10. Of wasps and WASPs -- 11. Opus 100 -- 12. Human equality is a contingent fact of history -- 13. The rule of five -- [pt]. 4. Trends and their meaning -- 14. Losing the edge -- Postscript : strike three for Babe -- 15. Death and transfiguration -- 16. Reducing riddles -- [pt]. 5. Politics and progress -- The chain of being -- 17. To show an ape -- 18. Bound by the great chain -- 19. The Hottentot Venus -- Eugenics past and present -- 20. Carrie Buck's daughter -- 21. Singapore's patrimony (and matrimony) -- [pt]. 6. Darwiniana -- 22. Hannah West's left shoulder and the origin of natural selection -- 23. Darwin at sea - and the virtues of port -- 24. A short way to corn -- [pt]. 7. Life here and elsewhere -- 25. Just in the middle -- 26. Mind and supermind -- 27. SETI and the wisdom of Casey Stengel -- [pt]. 8. Extinction and continuity -- 28. Sex, drugs, disasters, and the extinction of dinosaurs -- 29. Continuity -- 30. The cosmic dance of Siva -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Natural history.
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| ISBN |
0393303756 (pbk.) $8.95 |
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9780393303759 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 045929149 |
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AU@ 000040746380 |
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