Table of Contents for Mayonnaise and the Origins of Life: Thoughts of Minds and Molecules

THE GALÁPAGOS
Some of our Trials and Tribulations
The Galápagos 3
Navels of Eden 7
Tell It to the Judge 11
When the Chips are Down 16
The Phenomenon of Man 20
Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life 27
Beetles, Ecologists, and Flies 31
A Leap of the Imagination 36
Two Views of Life 40
Bird What? 45
 
THE ROOTS OF WISDOM
Thoughts about Medicine and Dentistry
The Roots of Wisdom 51
My Mouth Shall Praise 55
Between Gargoylism and Gas Gangrene 59
Jurisgenic Disease 64
Geriatric Gobbledygook 68
Trees and Forests 72
Much Ado about Nothing 76
Through an Ophthalmoscope Darkly 80
Little Black Boxes 84
The Ecosystem Within 89
 
THE PACE OF LIFE
Mind over Matter
The Pace of Life 95
The Time of Your Life 99
Omar and the Ayatollahs 104
The Paradox of Paradoxes 108
St. James Infirmary Blues 113
Do Bacteria Think? 117
ESP and dQ over T 122
The Hit Parade 126
 
PRISON OF SOCRATES
Some Social Issues
Prison of Socrates 133
Turning Colorado into Kansas 137
Welcome, Class of 1984 141
The Infernal Combustion Engine 146
Legacy 150
Facts and Artifacts 154
 
DEALING FROM A FULL DECK
Unusual Individuals and Their Work
Dealing from a Full Deck 161
As the World Turns 166
Gossamer Birds, Flights of the Imagination 170
Dateline: Dubrovnik 174
On Making a Point 178
Before Him Lay a Sea of Lies 182
Warm-Blooded Fish? 186
How E. coli Got Its Name 190
 
BIOCHEMISTRY IS BEAUTIFUL
Science and Esthetics
Biochemistry Is Beautiful 197
Ice on the Rocks 201
Biphenyls and Bipeds 205
Living Lodestones 209
From Soup to Solid-State 214
Entropy Anyone? 218
The Odd Couple 223
Energy Flow in Ulysses 227
The Beauty of Mathematics 232
 
Index 237