The Oxford book of modern science writing / [edited by] Richard Dawkins.

Contributor(s):

Dawkins, Richard, 1941-

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xviii, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199216819 (pbk.)

Other title:

Modern science writing

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DDC classification:

808.066 5 DAW 23

LOC classification:

Q171 .O87 2008

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Table of contents

Contents:

PART I What Scientists Study 3 James Jeans from THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE 4 Martin Rees from JUST SIX NUMBERS 11 Peter Atkins from CREATION REVISITED 16 Helena Cronin from THE ANT AND THE PEACOCK 18 R.A. Fisher from THE GENETICAL THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION 22 Theodosius Dobzhansky from MANKIND EVOLVING 27 G. C. Williams from ADAPTATION AND NATURAL SELECTION 30 Francis Crick from LIFE ITSELF 35 Matt Ridley from GENOME 40 Sydney Brenner 'THEORETICAL BIOLOGY IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM' 48 Steve Jones from THE LANGUAGE OF THE GENES 53 J.B.S. Haldane from'ON BEING THE RIGHT SIZE' 59 Mark Ridley from THE EXPLANATION OF ORGANIC DIVERSITY 61 John Maynard Smith 'THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL FLIGHT' 66 Fred Hoyle from MAN IN THE UNIVERSE 69 D'Arcy Thompson from ON GROWTH AND FORM 78 G.G. Simpson from THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION 82 Richard Fortey from TRILOBITE! 86 Colin Blakemore from THE MIND MACHINE 89 Richard Gregory ftom MIRRORS IN MIND 96 Nicholas Humphrey 'ONE SELF: A MEDIT'ATION ON THE UNITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS' 103 Steven Pinker from THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT and HOW THE MIND WORKS lio Jared Diamond fronm THF RISE AND FAl L OFI TF THIRD CHIMPANZEE 114 David Lack from THE I IFE OF TIlE ROBIN us Niko Tinbergen front URIOUS NATURALIS ES 123 Robert Trivers fiom S(OCIAL EVOI1TION 127 Alister Hardy firorn THE OPEN SEA 30o Rachel Carson firm TIHE SEA AROUND US 138 Loren Eiseley firm '11HOW FLOWERS CHANGED 'l E WO)RI D' 143 Edward O. Wilson from THEf DIVERSITY OF I IFE PART I I Who Scientists Are 15i Arthur Eddington f[omi THE EXPANLDING IuNIlVERSE 152 C. P. Snow fron thcFIoreword to G. 11. Hard''s A MATHEM ATIC IAN'S APOLOGY 157 Freeman Dyson from DISTUPRBING THE UNIVERSE 161 J. Robert Oppenheimer from 'WAR AND) THE NATIONS' 168 Max F. Perutz 'A PASSION FOR CRYSTAI.S' 172 Barbara and George Gamow 'SAIDl RYLE TO 1HOYLE' 174 J. B. S. Haldane 'CANCER'S A FUNNY THING' 176 Jacob Bronowski from THE IDENTITY OF MAN 179 Peter Medawar from 'SCIENCE AND LI IERATURE., 'DARWIN'S ILLNESS', 'TIE PHENOMENON OF MAN', lthe postscript to 'LUTCKY JIM', and'D'ARCY THOMPSON AND GROWTH AND FORM' 188 Jonathan Kingdon front SELF-MADE MAN 191) Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin from ORIGINS REC(ON SIDERED 195 Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey from LI 'C) 2oo Stephen Jay Gould 'WORM FOR A CENTURY, AND ALL SEASONS 211 John Tyler Bonner from LIFE CYCLES 214 Oliver Sacks from UNCLE TUNGSTEN 219 Lewis Thomas 'SEVEN AWONDERS' 226 James Watson trom AVOID BORING PEOPLE 229 Francis Crick from WHAT MAD PURSUITI 232 Lewis Wolpert fr-om THF UNNATURAl NATURE OF SCIENCE 234 Julian Huxley from ESSAYS OF A BIOLOGIST 235 Albert Einstein 'RELIGION AND SCIENCE' 239 Carl Sagan from THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD PART Ill What Scientists Think 247 Richard Feynman from THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW 249 Erwin Schr6dinger from WHAT IS LIFE? 254 Daniel Dennett from DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA and CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED 259 Ernst Mayr from THE GROWTH OF BIOLOGICAL THOUGHT 263 Garrett Hardin from 'THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS' 266 W. D. Hamilton from GEOMETRY FOR THE SELFISH HERD and NARROW ROADS OF GENELAND 273 Per Bak from HOW NATURE WORKS 276 Martin Gardner THE FANTASTIC COMBINATIONS OF JOHN CONWAY'S NEW SOLITAIRE GAME 'LIFE' 284 Lancelot Hogben from MATHEMATICS FOR THE MILLION 289 Ian Stewart from THE MIRACULOUS JAR 297 Claude E. Shannon and Warren Weaver from THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION 305 Alan Turing from COMPUTING MACHINERY AND INTELLIGENCE 314 Albert Einstein from 'WHAT IS THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY?' 317 George Gamow fromnt MR TOMPKINS 323 Paul Davies from THE GOLDILOCKS ENIGMA 332 Russell Stannard from THE TIME AND SPACE OF UNCLE ALBERT 336 Brian Greene from THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE 342 Stephen Hawking from A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME PART IV What Scientists Delight In 349 S. Chandrasekhar from TRUTH AND BEAUTY 352 G. H. Hardy from A MikTHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY 357 Steven Weinberg from DREAMS OF A FINAL THEORY 362 Lee Smolin from THE LIFE OF THE COSMOS 367 Roger Penrose from THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND 371 Douglas Hofstadter from GODEL, ESCHFR, BACH: TIfH ETERNAL GOLDEN BRAID 378 John Archibald Wheeler with Kenneth Ford from GE()NS, BLACK HOLES, AND QUANTUM FOAM 381 David Deutsch from THE FABRIC OF REALITY 383 Primo Levi from THE PERIODIC TABLE 390 Richard Fortey from LIFE: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPiHY 392 George Gaylord Simpson fi-om THE MEANING OF EVOLU'ION 393 Loren Eiseley from LITTLE MEN AND FLYING SAUCERS 394 Carl Sagan from PALE BLUE DOT

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I
What Scientists Study
3 James Jeans from THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE
4 Martin Rees from JUST SIX NUMBERS
11 Peter Atkins from CREATION REVISITED
16 Helena Cronin from THE ANT AND THE PEACOCK
18 R.A. Fisher from THE GENETICAL THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
22 Theodosius Dobzhansky from MANKIND EVOLVING
27 G. C. Williams from ADAPTATION AND NATURAL SELECTION
30 Francis Crick from LIFE ITSELF
35 Matt Ridley from GENOME
40 Sydney Brenner 'THEORETICAL BIOLOGY IN THE THIRD
MILLENNIUM'
48 Steve Jones from THE LANGUAGE OF THE GENES
53 J.B.S. Haldane from'ON BEING THE RIGHT SIZE'
59 Mark Ridley from THE EXPLANATION OF ORGANIC DIVERSITY
61 John Maynard Smith 'THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL FLIGHT'
66 Fred Hoyle from MAN IN THE UNIVERSE
69 D'Arcy Thompson from ON GROWTH AND FORM
78 G.G. Simpson from THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION
82 Richard Fortey from TRILOBITE!
86 Colin Blakemore from THE MIND MACHINE
89 Richard Gregory ftom MIRRORS IN MIND
96 Nicholas Humphrey 'ONE SELF: A MEDIT'ATION ON THE UNITY OF
CONSCIOUSNESS'
103 Steven Pinker from THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT and HOW THE
MIND WORKS
lio Jared Diamond fronm THF RISE AND FAl L OFI TF THIRD
CHIMPANZEE
114 David Lack from THE I IFE OF TIlE ROBIN
us Niko Tinbergen front URIOUS NATURALIS ES
123 Robert Trivers fiom S(OCIAL EVOI1TION
127 Alister Hardy firorn THE OPEN SEA
30o Rachel Carson firm TIHE SEA AROUND US
138 Loren Eiseley firm '11HOW FLOWERS CHANGED 'l E WO)RI D'
143 Edward O. Wilson from THEf DIVERSITY OF I IFE
PART I I
Who Scientists Are
15i Arthur Eddington f[omi THE EXPANLDING IuNIlVERSE
152 C. P. Snow fron thcFIoreword to G. 11. Hard''s A MATHEM ATIC IAN'S
APOLOGY
157 Freeman Dyson from DISTUPRBING THE UNIVERSE
161 J. Robert Oppenheimer from 'WAR AND) THE NATIONS'
168 Max F. Perutz 'A PASSION FOR CRYSTAI.S'
172 Barbara and George Gamow 'SAIDl RYLE TO 1HOYLE'
174 J. B. S. Haldane 'CANCER'S A FUNNY THING'
176 Jacob Bronowski from THE IDENTITY OF MAN
179 Peter Medawar from 'SCIENCE AND LI IERATURE., 'DARWIN'S
ILLNESS', 'TIE PHENOMENON OF MAN', lthe postscript to
'LUTCKY JIM', and'D'ARCY THOMPSON AND GROWTH
AND FORM'
188 Jonathan Kingdon front SELF-MADE MAN
191) Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin from ORIGINS REC(ON SIDERED
195 Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey from LI 'C)
2oo Stephen Jay Gould 'WORM FOR A CENTURY, AND ALL SEASONS
211 John Tyler Bonner from LIFE CYCLES
214 Oliver Sacks from UNCLE TUNGSTEN
219 Lewis Thomas 'SEVEN AWONDERS'
226 James Watson trom AVOID BORING PEOPLE
229 Francis Crick from WHAT MAD PURSUITI
232 Lewis Wolpert fr-om THF UNNATURAl NATURE OF SCIENCE
234 Julian Huxley from ESSAYS OF A BIOLOGIST
235 Albert Einstein 'RELIGION AND SCIENCE'
239 Carl Sagan from THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD
PART Ill
What Scientists Think
247 Richard Feynman from THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW
249 Erwin Schr6dinger from WHAT IS LIFE?
254 Daniel Dennett from DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA and
CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED
259 Ernst Mayr from THE GROWTH OF BIOLOGICAL THOUGHT
263 Garrett Hardin from 'THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS'
266 W. D. Hamilton from GEOMETRY FOR THE SELFISH HERD and
NARROW ROADS OF GENELAND
273 Per Bak from HOW NATURE WORKS
276 Martin Gardner THE FANTASTIC COMBINATIONS OF JOHN
CONWAY'S NEW SOLITAIRE GAME 'LIFE'
284 Lancelot Hogben from MATHEMATICS FOR THE MILLION
289 Ian Stewart from THE MIRACULOUS JAR
297 Claude E. Shannon and Warren Weaver from THE MATHEMATICAL
THEORY OF COMMUNICATION
305 Alan Turing from COMPUTING MACHINERY AND
INTELLIGENCE
314 Albert Einstein from 'WHAT IS THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY?'
317 George Gamow fromnt MR TOMPKINS
323 Paul Davies from THE GOLDILOCKS ENIGMA
332 Russell Stannard from THE TIME AND SPACE OF UNCLE ALBERT
336 Brian Greene from THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE
342 Stephen Hawking from A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
PART IV
What Scientists Delight In
349 S. Chandrasekhar from TRUTH AND BEAUTY
352 G. H. Hardy from A MikTHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY
357 Steven Weinberg from DREAMS OF A FINAL THEORY
362 Lee Smolin from THE LIFE OF THE COSMOS
367 Roger Penrose from THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND
371 Douglas Hofstadter from GODEL, ESCHFR, BACH: TIfH ETERNAL
GOLDEN BRAID
378 John Archibald Wheeler with Kenneth Ford from GE()NS, BLACK
HOLES, AND QUANTUM FOAM
381 David Deutsch from THE FABRIC OF REALITY
383 Primo Levi from THE PERIODIC TABLE
390 Richard Fortey from LIFE: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPiHY
392 George Gaylord Simpson fi-om THE MEANING OF EVOLU'ION
393 Loren Eiseley from LITTLE MEN AND FLYING SAUCERS
394 Carl Sagan from PALE BLUE DOT

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