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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Index |
237 |