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9781880323861

The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology

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  • ISBN13:

    9781880323861

  • ISBN10:

    1880323869

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-01
  • Publisher: Great Books Foundation
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The Nature of Life (Readings in Biology)

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Introduction 1(2)
Theme Notes 3(9)
Thematic Table 12(3)
About Shared Inquiry Discussion 15(4)
Using the Questions for Each Reading 19(2)
Readings and Questions
Parts of Animals
21(8)
Aristotle
The Way Things Are
29(12)
Lucretius
Novum Organum
41(14)
Francis Bacon
Conclusion to On the Origin of Species
55(10)
Charles Darwin
Struggle for Existence
65(3)
Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man
68(12)
Charles Darwin
Natural Selection
80(17)
Charles Darwin
Experiments in Plant Hybridization
97(18)
Gregor Mendel
An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine
115(10)
Claude Bernard
The Snout
125(12)
Loren Eiseley
Silent Spring
137(20)
Rachel Carson
Ecce Homo!
157(20)
Konrad Lorenz
Rats
177(4)
Konrad Lorenz
The Double Helix
181(22)
James D. Watson
The Selfish Gene
203(18)
Richard Dawkins
Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare
221(16)
Paul Colinvaux
Just in the Middle
237(16)
Stephen Jay Gould
The Diversity of Life
253(8)
Edward O. Wilson
Life from Scum
261(22)
Lynn Margulis
Comparative Discussion Questions 283(2)
Bibliography 285(4)
Acknowledgments 289

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