From the Book - First edition.
I. The value(s) of science
The values of science and the science of values
Speaking up for science: an open letter to Prince Charles
II. All its merciless glory
"More Darwinian than Darwin": the Darwin-Wallace papers
An ecology of replicators
Twelve misunderstandings of kin selection
Searching under the lamp-post
Fifty years on: killing the soul?
IV. Mind control, mischief and muddle
The guided missiles of 9/11
The theology of the tsunami
Merry Christmas, Prime Minister!
V. Living in the real world
"Beyond reasonable doubt"?
Who would rally against reason?
In praise of subtitles; or, a drubbing for dubbing
VI. The sacred truth of nature
The giant tortoise's tale: islands withing islands
The sea turtle's tale: there and back again (and again?)
Farewell to a digerati dreamer
VII. Laughing at live dragons
Jarvis and the Family Tree
Sage elder statesman of the dinosaur fancy
Athorism: let's hope it's a lasting vogue
VIII. No man is an island
O my beloved father: John Dawkins, 1915-2010
More than my uncle: A.F. "Bill" Dawkins, 1916-2009