From the Book - First U.S. edition
I. The value(s) of science. The values of science and the science of values --
Speaking up for science : an open letter to Prince Charles --
Science and sensibility --
II. All its merciless glory. "More Darwinian than Darwin" : the Darwin-Wallace papers --
An ecology of replicators --
Twelve misunderstandings of kin selection --
III. Future conditional. Net gain --
Searching under the lamp-post --
Fifty years on : killing the soul? --
IV. Mind control, mischief and muddle. The 'Alabama insert' --
The guided missiles of 9/11 --
The theology of the tsunami --
Merry Christmas, Prime Minister! --
The science of religion --
Is science a religion? --
V. Living in the real world. The dead hand of Plato --
'Beyond reasonable doubt'? --
I love fireworks, but... --
Who would rally against reason? --
In praise of subtitles; or, a drubbing for dubbing --
If I ruled the world... --
VI. The sacred truth of nature. About time --
The giant tortoise's tale : islands withing islands --
The sea turtle's tale : there and back again (and again?) --
Farewell to a digerati dreamer --
VII. Laughing at live dragons. Fundraising for faith --
Jarvis and the Family Tree --
Sage elder statesman of the dinosaur fancy --
Athorism : let's hope it's a lasting vogue --
VIII. No man is an island. Memories of a maestro --
O my beloved father : John Dawkins, 1915-2010 --
More than my uncle : A.F. 'Bill' Dawkins, 1916-2009 --