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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction: We Need Science, and We Need It Now
SECTION I: THE ADVENTURE OF SCIENCE
Chapter 1. Science and How to Recognize It
Chapter 2. Science and Fiction: Organized Common Sense and Organized Creativity
Chapter 3. Experimenting with a Mountain
Chapter 4. Wright and Rong
SECTION II: LEGACY OF AN APE'S BRAIN
Chapter 5. A World of Illusion
Chapter 6. Just Measure It!?
Chapter 7. We See Lines while Nature Throws Us Curves
Chapter 8. It's Not All Black and White
Chapter 9. Cause and Effect
Chapter 10. Is Bartholo-Meow Intelligent?
Chapter 11. Measuring What You Think You're Measuring
Chapter 12. Oops, I Hadn't Thought of That
Chapter 13. Everybody's Biased but Me
Chapter 14. Trust Us, We're Scientists
Chapter 15. Trapped
Chapter 16. What Exactly Do You Mean? Why Scientists (Should) Carefully Define Their Terms
SECTION III: BIG IDEAS
Chapter 17. Natural Selection: The Biggest Idea Ever
Chapter 18. The Rediscovery of Human Nature
SECTION IV: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE WORLD
Chapter 19. The Scientist in a Political World
Chapter 20. Who Is Your Favorite Scientist and Why?
Chapter 21. Amateurs and Specialists
Chapter 22. Science Is an Adventure
Epilogue: A Beautiful World
Notes
Index
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