From the Book - First edition.
I. Sensible oddities. Big fish, little fish
Quick lives and quirky changes. II. Personalities. Three geologists. The titular bishop of Titiopolis
The stinkstones of Oeningen. Three biologists. Agassiz in the Galápagos
Worm for a century, and for all seasons
A hearing for Vavilov. III. Adaptation and development. Adaptation. Hyena myths and realities
What happens to bodies if genes act for themselves? Development. Hen's teeth and horse's toes
Helpful monsters. IV. Teilhard and Piltdown. The Piltdown conspiracy
Our natural place. V. Science and politics. Creationism. Evolution as fact and theory
Moon, Mann, and Otto. Race and creed. Science and Jewish immigration
The politics of census. VI. Extinction. Phyletic size decrease in Hershey bars
O grave, where is thy victory? VII. A zebra trilogy. What, if anything, is a zebra?
How the zebra gets its stripes
Quaggas, coiled oysters, and flimsy facts.
