Note: Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Quantitative Genetic Variation in Populations of Darwin's Finches -- 2. Adaptation, Natural Selection, and Optimal Life-History Allocation in the Face of Genetically Based Trade-offs -- 3. Natural Selection and the Evolution of Adaptive Genetic Variation in Northern Freshwater Fishes -- 4. Understanding Natural Selection on Traits That Are Influenced by Environmental Conditions -- 5. Adaptive Evolution and Neutral Variation in a Wild Leafminer Metapopulation -- 6. Reaching New Adaptive Peaks: Evolution of Alternative Bill Forms in an African Finch -- 7. Geographic Variation in Flower Size in Wild Radish: The Potential Role of Pollinators in Population Differentiation -- 8. Detecting Inheritance with Inferred Relatedness in Nature -- 9. Laboratory and Field Heritabilities: Some Lessons from Drosophila -- 10. Intra- and Interpopulation Genetic Variation: Explaining the Past and Predicting the Future -- 11. Adaptive Genetic Variation in the Wild -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Technologies for Modeling and Simulating Social and Ecological Phenomena -- 2 Providing a Broad Spectrum of Agents in Spatially Explicit Simulation Models: The Gensim Approach -- 3 Spatial Units as Agents: Making the Landscape an Equal Player in Agent-Based Simulations -- 4 Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling -- 5 Management Application of an Agent-Based Model: Control of Cowbirds at the Landscape Scale -- 6 Integrating Spatial Data into an Agent-Based Modeling System: Ideas and Lessons from the Development of the Across-Trophic-Level System Simulation -- 7 Models of Individual Decision Making in Agent-Based Simulation of Common-Pool-Resource Management Institutions -- 8 An Agent-Based Approach to Environmental and Urban Systems within Geographic Information Systems -- 9 Mobile Agents with Spatial Intelligence -- 10 Simulating Wildland Recreation Use and Conflicting Spatial Interactions using Rule-Driven Intelligent Agents -- 11 An Intelligent Agent-Based Model for Simulating and Evaluating River Trip Scenerios along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park -- 12 Agent-Based Simulations of Household Decision Making and Land Use Change near Altamira, Brazil -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Epistemic Enhancers -- 1.1 Extrapolation, Conversion, and Augmentation -- 1.2 Science Neither by the People nor for the People -- 2 Scientific Empiricism -- 2.1 Empiricism and Reliable Detection -- 2.2 The Dilution Argument -- 2.3 Accuracy, Precision, and Resolution -- 2.4 The Overlap Argument -- 2.5 Property Cluster Realism -- 2.6 Bridgman Revisited -- 2.7 Instruments as Property Detectors -- 2.8 Know Thy Instruments -- 2.9 Properties -- 2.10 Epistemic Security -- 3 Computational Science -- 3.1 The Rise of Computational Science -- 3.2 Two Principles -- 3.3 Units of Analysis -- 3.4 Computational Templates -- 3.5 ''The Same Equations Have the Same Solutions'': Reorganizing the Sciences -- 3.6 Template Construction -- 3.7 Correction Sets, Interpretation, and Justification -- 3.8 Selective Realism -- 3.9 Further Consequences -- 3.10 Templates Are Not Always Built on Laws or Theories -- 3.11 The Role of Subject-Specific Knowledge in the Construction and Evaluation of Templates -- 3.12 Syntax Matters -- 3.13 A Brief Comparison with Kuhn's Views -- 3.14 Computational Models -- 4 Computer Simulations -- 4.1 A Definition -- 4.2 Some Advantages of Computer Simulations -- 4.3 The Microscope Metaphor and Technological Advances -- 4.4 Observable, Detectable, and Tractable -- 4.5 Other Kinds of Simulation -- 4.6 Agent-Based Modeling -- 4.7 Deficiencies of Simulations -- 5 Further Issues -- 5.1 Computer Simulation as Neo-Pythagoreanism -- 5.2 Abstraction and Idealization -- 5.3 Epistemic Opacity -- 5.4 Logical Form and Computational Form -- 5.5 In Practice, Not in Principle -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Note: Cover -- CONTENTS -- I: THE FRAMEWORK -- 1 Essential Quantum Mechanics -- 1.1 The Time-independent Schrödinger Equation -- 1.2 Wave-mechanics of Non-interacting Fermions -- 1.3 Basis Vectors and Representations -- 1.4 Periodic Boundary Conditions -- 1.5 Local Orbitals and Spherical Harmonics -- 1.6 The Variational Principle and the Schrödinger Equation -- 1.7 The Density Matrix and the Charge Density -- 1.8 The Density of States -- 1.9 Jellium -- 1.10 The Matrix Eigenvalue Problem -- 1.11 Pseudopotentials -- 2 Essential Density Functional Theory -- 2.1 What is a Functional? -- 2.2 Functional Derivatives -- 2.3 The Thomas-Fermi Model -- 2.4 The Kohn-Sham Equations -- 3 Exploiting the Variational Principle -- 3.1 The Hellmann-Feynman Theorem -- 3.2 Perturbation Theory with the Density -- 3.3 The Second-order HKS Functional -- 3.4 The Harris-Foulkes Functional and its Generalizations -- 4 Linear response theory -- 4.1 Definition of the Response Function Xe(r, r') -- 4.2 Relationship to HKS Density Functional -- 4.3 The Non-interacting Response Function -- 4.4 The Dielectric Function -- 4.5 The Error in the Harris-Foulkes Functional -- 4.6 Linear Response and the Green Function -- 4.7 Linear Response in Jellium -- 4.8 Electron-Electron Interactions in the Jellium Response -- 4.9 The Long Wavelength Limit of Response Functions in Jellium -- 4.10 Linear Response in a Perfect Crystal -- 4.11 Non-local Potentials -- II: MODELLING ATOMS WITHIN SOLIDS -- 5 Testing an interatomic force model -- 5.1 The Cohesive Energy and Crystal Structures -- 5.2 The Structural Energy Difference Theorem -- 5.3 Elastic Constants -- 5.4 Phonons -- 5.5 Point Defects -- 6 Pairwise Potentials in Simple Metals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Energy in Terms of Pseudopotentials -- 6.3 Periodic Boundary Conditions -- 6.4 The Effective Pairwise Interaction. , 6.5 Example: The Ashcroft Empty-core Potential -- 6.6 Asymptotic Forms of the Pair Potential -- 6.7 The Pseudoatom Picture -- 7 Tight Binding -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Non-self-consistent Tight Binding -- 7.3 Slater-Koster Parameters -- 7.4 The Repulsive Energy -- 7.5 The Tight-Binding Bond Model -- 7.6 Hellmann-Feynman Forces -- 7.7 Self-consistent Tight-Binding -- 7.8 Moments of the Density of States -- 7.9 The Recursion Method -- 7.10 Second-moment Models -- 7.11 Fourth-moment Models -- 7.12 Bond-order Potentials -- 8 Hybrid Schemes -- 8.1 Generalized Pseudopotential Theory -- 8.2 Effective Medium Theory -- 9 Ionic models -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Rigid Ion Model Derived -- 9.3 Beyond the Rigid Ion Model -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Note: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Note the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Figure Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Can A Computer Have A Mind? -- Introduction -- The Turing test -- Artificial intelligence -- An AI approach to 'pleasure' and 'pain' -- Strong AI and Searle's Chinese room -- Hardware and software -- 2 Algorithms And Turing Machines -- Background to the algorithm concept -- Turing's concept -- Binary coding of numerical data -- The Church-Turing Thesis -- Numbers other than natural numbers -- The universal Turing machine -- The insolubility of Hilbert's problem -- How to outdo an algorithm -- Church's lambda calculus -- 3 Mathematics And Reality -- The land of Tor'Bled-Nam -- Real numbers -- How many real numbers are there? -- 'Reality' of real numbers -- Complex numbers -- Construction of the Mandelbrot set -- Platonic reality of mathematical concepts? -- 4 Truth, Proof, And Insight -- Hilbert's programme for mathematics -- Formal mathematical systems -- Gödel's theorem -- Mathematical insight -- Platonism or intuitionism? -- Gödel-type theorems from Turing's result -- Recursively enumerable sets -- Is the Mandelbrot set recursive? -- Some examples of non-recursive mathematics -- Is the Mandelbrot set like non-recursive mathematics? -- Complexity theory -- Complexity and computability in physical things -- 5 The Classical World -- The status of physical theory -- Euclidean geometry -- The dynamics of Galileo and Newton -- The mechanistic world of Newtonian dynamics -- Is life in the billiard-ball world computable? -- Hamiltonian mechanics -- Phase space -- Maxwell's electromagnetic theory -- Computability and the wave equation -- The Lorentz equation of motion -- runaway particles -- The special relativity of Einstein and Poincaré -- Einstein's general relativity. , Relativistic causality and determinism -- Computability in classical physics: where do we stand? -- Mass, matter, and reality -- 6 Quantum Magic And Quantum Mystery -- Do philosophers need quantum theory? -- Problems with classical theory -- The beginnings of quantum theory -- The two-slit experiment -- Probability amplitudes -- The quantum state of a particle -- The uncertainty principle -- The evolution procedures U and R -- Particles in two places at once? -- Hilbert space -- Measurements -- Spin and the Riemann sphere of states -- Objectivity and measurability of quantum states -- Copying a quantum state -- Photon spin -- Objects with large Spin -- Many-particle systems -- The 'paradox' of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen -- Experiments with photons: a problem for relativity? -- Schrödinger's equation -- Dirac's equation -- Quantum field theory -- Schrödinger's cat -- Various attitudes in existing quantum theory -- Where does all this leave us? -- 7 Cosmology And The Arrow Of Time -- The flow of time -- The inexorable increase of entropy -- What is entropy? -- The second law in action -- The origin of low entropy in the universe -- Cosmology and the big bang -- The primordial fireball -- Does the big bang explain the second law? -- Black holes -- The structure of space-time singularities -- How special was the big bang? -- 8 In Search Of Quantum Gravity -- Why quantum gravity? -- What lies behind the Weyl curvature hypothesis? -- Time-asymmetry in state-vector reduction -- Hawking's box: a link with the Weyl curvature hypothesis? -- When does the state-vector reduce? -- 9 Real Brains And Model Brains -- What are brains actually like? -- Where is the seat of consciousness? -- Split-brain experiments -- Blindsight -- Information processing in the visual cortex -- How do nerve signals work? -- Computer models -- Brain plasticity. , Parallel computers and the 'oneness' of consciousness -- Is there a role for quantum mechanics in brain activity? -- Quantum computers -- Beyond quantum theory? -- 10 Where Lies The Physics Of Mind? -- What are minds for? -- What does consciousness actually do? -- Natural selection of algorithms? -- The non-algorithmic nature of mathematical insight -- Inspiration, insight, and originality -- Non-verbality of thought -- Animal consciousness? -- Contact with Plato's world -- A view of physical reality -- Determinism and strong determinism -- The anthropic principle -- Tilings and quasicrystals -- Possible relevance to brain plasticity -- The time-delays of consciousness -- The strange role of time in conscious perception -- Conclusion: a child's view -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- Footnotes.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2 -- 1 Preliminaries -- 1.1 Newtons's laws and their conceptual framework -- 1.2 Invariance properties of Newtonian dynamics -- 1.3 Why it took so long to find the laws of motion -- 1.4 Why the first breakthrough occurred in astronomy -- 1.5 General comments on the absolute/relative debate -- 1.6 Was dynamics discovered or invented? -- 2 Aristotle: first airing of the absolute/relative problem -- 2.1 Brief review of the period up to Aristotle -- 2.2 Aristotle: the man and his vision -- 2.3 Pre-Aristotelian geometrism -- 2.4 Aristotle's natural motions -- 2.5 The corruptible and the quintessential -- 2.6 The concept of place and the self-contained universe -- 2.7 Time in Aristotelian physics -- 3 Hellenistic astronomy: the foundations are laid -- 3.1 Historical: the Hellenistic period -- 3.2 Purely geometrical achievements and the development of trigonometry -- 3.3 Astronomical frames of reference -- 3.4 Manifestations of the law of inertia in the heavens -- 3.5 The 'flaw' from which dynamics developed -- 3.6 Kepler's laws of planetary motions -- 3.7 The zero-eccentricity and small-eccentricity forms of Kepler's laws -- 3.8 Hipparchus's theory of the apparent solar motion -- 3.9 The epicycle-deferent theory -- 3.10 First application of the epicycle-deferent theory: alternative form of Hipparchus's theory -- 3.11 Second application of the epicycle-deferent theory: the motion of the outer planets -- 3.12 Epicycle-deferent theory for the inner planets -- 3.13 The theory of the moon -- 3.14 Ptolemy and the small-eccentricity planetary system -- 3.15 Time in Ptolemaic astronomy -- 3.16 The achievement of Ptolemy and Hellenistic astronomy -- 4 The Middle Ages: first stirrings of the scientific revolution -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Kinematics -- 4.3 Dynamics. , 4.4 Cosmology and early ideas about relativity -- 5 Copernicus: the flimsy arch -- 5.1 How Copernicus came to make his discovery -- 5.2 What Copernicus did: first approximation -- 5.3 Kinematic relativity in De Revolutionibus -- 5.4 Preliminary evaluation of the significance of Copernicus's discovery -- 5.5 What Copernicus did: second approximation -- 5.6 Copernicus's concept of place and the ultimate frame of reference -- 5.7 Copernicus's concept of motion -- 5.8 The significance of the Copernican revolution: second evaluation -- 6 Kepler: the dominion of the sun -- 6.1 Brahe and Kepler -- 6.2 The dethronement of the usurper -- 6.3 The Zeroth Law, the vicarious hypothesis and the demise of the old order -- 6.4 The halving of the eccentricity of the earth's orbit -- 6.5 The First and Second Laws -- 6.6 Kepler's physics and his Third Law -- 6.7 Kepler's anticipation of Mach's Principle -- 6.8 A last look at the astronomy and evaluation of Brahe and Kepler's achievement -- 7 Galileo: the geometrization of motion -- 7.1 Brief scientific biography and general comments -- 7.2 Galileo's cosmology, overall concepts of motion, and the influence of Copernicus -- 7.3 The primordial motions: circular inertia and free fall -- 7.4 Compound motions. Parabolic motions of projectiles -- 7.5 Rotation of the earth, different forms of the law of inertia and Galilean invariance -- 7.6 Galileo and absolute motion -- 7.7 At the threshold of dynamics -- 8 Descartes and the new world -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The new world -- 8.3 The Cartesian concept of substance and the divide between materialism and idealism -- 8.4 The stone that put the stars to flight -- 8.5 The discovery of inertial motion: Descartes and Galileo compared -- 8.6 The intervention of the Inquisition -- 8.7 Descartes' early conception of motion -- 8.8 Descartes' revised concept of motion. , 9 Huygens: relativity and centrifugal force -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Collisions and relativity: general comments -- 9.3 Descartes' theory of collisions -- 9.4 Huygens' theory of collisions -- 9.5 Collisions in the centre-of-mass frame -- 9.6 The enigma of relativity -- 9.7 Centrifugal force: the work done prior to Huygens -- 9.8 Huygens' treatment of centrifugal force -- 9.9 Why Huygens failed to win the greatest prize -- 10 Newton I: the discovery of dynamics -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 A comment on the significance of Newton's early work -- 10.3 Three types of force -- 10.4 Collisions -- 10.5 Centrifugal force: the paradigm of a continuously acting force -- 10.6 Newton's early applications of the formula for centrifugal force -- 10.7 The development of Newtonian dynamics -- 10.8 The Hooke-Newton correspondence of 1679 -- 10.9 The area law, Newton's treatment of time, and the solution to the Kepler problem -- 10.10 The genesis of the Principia: Ulysses draws forth Achilles -- 10.11 The Principia: its structure, fundamental concepts and most important results -- 11 Newton II: absolute or relative motion? -- 11.1 General introduction: the period up to Newton -- 11.2 Newton: general comments -- 11.3 Newton's early discussion of motion and De gravitatione -- 11.4 De gravitatione: Newton's discussion of space and body -- 11.5 The Scholium on absolute space, time, and motion -- 11.6 Comments on the Scholium -- 11.7 The absolute/relative problem in the remainder of the Principia -- 12 Post-Newtonian conceptual clarification of Newtonian dynamics -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Neumann and Body Alpha -- 12.3 Lange and the concept of inertial systems -- 12.4 Determination of the earth's polar motion from satellite observations -- 12.5 Back to the Scholium -- 12.6 Huygens and absolute motion -- 12.7 Mach's operational definition of dynamical mass. , 12.8 Synoptic overview of the discovery of dynamics -- Abbreviations for works quoted frequently in the References -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- List of protocols -- Abbreviations -- 1 Investigation of RNA virus genome structure -- 1 Introduction-the nature of the virus genome -- Properties of the genomes of RNA viruses -- Properties of the virions of RNA viruses -- Paradigm for analysis of RNA virus genome structure -- 2 Growth, assay, and purification of RNA viruses -- Source of virus: in vivo versus in vitro methods -- Assay of virus yield -- Harvesting and concentrating of virus -- Purification of virus -- Radiolabelling -- 3 RNA extraction -- Genome RNA extraction from virions -- Genome RNA extraction without virion purification -- 4 Fractionation of RNA, and analysis by Northern (RNA) blotting -- Fractionation of RNA -- Northern blotting and detection with labelled probes -- 5 Further analysis -- Characterization by restriction-endonuclease digest patterns -- Characterization by ribonuclease protection -- References -- 2 Mutagenesis of RNA virus genomes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Generation of RNA virus mutants -- Selection of mutants from the RNA quasispecies -- Recombination of RNA virus genomes -- Reassortment of segmented RNA virus genomes -- Generation of defective RNA virus populations by passage in culture -- Recovery of RNA virus mutants from infectious cDNA -- 3 Determining the genotype of RNA virus mutants -- 4 Analysis of the frequency of RNA virus mutants -- References -- 3 Analysis of transcriptional control In RNA virus Infections -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysis of virus mRNAs in virus-infected cells -- General considerations -- Radiolabelling and extraction of virus RNAs -- Gel electrophoresis of RNAs -- 3 Analysis of virus mRNA structure -- General considerations -- Separation of virus RNA in preparative agarose gels -- Extraction of virus RNA from gel slices -- One-dimensional oligonucleotide fingerprinting -- Northern blot hybridization. , 4 The use of RNA reporter constructs for transcriptional assays -- RNA transcription in vitro -- RNA transfection of DI RNA construct and helper virus infection -- DNA transfection and vaccinia virus infection -- CAT reporter assay system -- Detection and quantitation of minute amount of virus RNAs -- References -- 4 Analysis of RNA virus-encoded proteinases -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining the proteinase type -- Inhibitor studies -- Sequence analysis -- 3 Delimiting the proteinase (domain) -- Deletion/truncation analysis -- Screening for proteolytic activity using translation systems in vitro -- 4 Bacterial expression -- Expression of inactive proteinase -- Affinity 'tagging' -- Insolubility of expressed proteinases -- 5 Substrate specificity -- 6 Artificial 'reporter' polyproteins -- References -- 5 Detection and analysis of host gene targets for oncogenic retroviruses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Insertional mutagenesis -- Analysis of virus integration patterns -- Cloning of virus integration sites -- Analysis of host DNA flanking the provirus integration sites -- Location of genes at integration sites -- 3 Transduction of virus oncogenes -- Properties of transducing viruses -- Biological methods of detection -- Molecular methods of detection -- References -- 6 Analysis of RNA virus quasispecies -- 1 Virus quasispecies -- 2 Choice of analytical method -- 3 Nucleic acid extraction -- Reverse transcription of virus RNA -- The polymerase chain reaction as a tool for quasispecies analysis -- Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis -- Methods for labelling and staining DNA -- 4 Single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis -- Heteroduplex and quantitative heteroduplex tracking analyses -- Length polymorphism analysis (LPA) -- Point mutation assays -- 5 Sequence analysis -- Sequence manipulation and phylogenetic analyses -- References. , 7 In vitro replication of RNA viruses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 De-novo synthesis of poliovirus -- Isolation of poliovirus genomic RNA -- HeLa S10 extract preparation -- Translation initiation-factor preparation -- Coupled transcription and translation -- Poliovirus plaque assay -- 3 Expression of virus proteins with enzymatic and RNA binding activities -- 4 RNA binding assays -- In vitro transcription for labelled probe preparation -- Labelled nucleoprotein complex formation -- Northwestern analysis -- Western analysis -- 5 Membrane binding of virus proteins -- Indirect immunofluorescence -- In vitro membrane binding assay -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Packaging of segmented and non-segmented RNA virus genomes -- 1 Introduction -- Assembly and packaging defined -- Genome selection -- 2 Genome packaging in non-segmented, negative-strand RNA viruses -- Investigation of genome packaging: analysis of nucleocapsid RNA polarity before and after packaging into virions -- 3 Introduction of site-specific mutations in the genome of negative-strand viruses -- 4 Influenza virus genome packaging -- References -- 9 RNA virus reverse genetics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model systems for the manipulation of RNA viruses -- Transient expression system -- Transfection and electroporation techniques -- Choice of expression system -- Generation of RNAs containing authentic 5' and 3' termini -- 3 Synthesis of RNA templates -- 4 Purification/synthesis of virus proteins required for replication -- 5 Rescue of infectious virus -- 6 Creation of mutant viruses -- 7 Analysis of mutant phenotypes -- Genomic studies of the virus mutants -- Phenotypic studies -- 8 Technical and ethical issues -- 9 Perspectives -- References -- 10 Development of RNA virus vectors for gene delivery -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vectors based on murine retroviruses. , Design and choice of MoMLV retrovirus vectors -- MoMLV packaging cell lines -- MoMLV vector production -- Titration of MoMLV virus vector stocks -- Concentration of MoMLV virus vector stocks -- Detection of replication-competent MoMLV (RCR) vector contamination -- Infection of target cells in vitro with MoMLV vectors -- Direct transduction of target cells in vivo with MoMLV vectors -- 3 Retrovirus gene transfer vectors based on lentiviruses -- Lentivirus vector sources and design -- Packaging and pseudotyping constructs for lentivirus vectors -- Production and concentration of recombinant vector -- Ex vivo and in vivo transduction -- Safety considerations in the use of lentivirus vectors -- References -- A1 List of suppliers -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W.

Note: Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CAST OF CHARACTERS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Cambridge (England): April 1953 -- 2 Cambridge (England): April-May 1953 -- 3 Cold Spring Harbor: June 1953 -- 4 Cambridge (England): July-August 1953 -- 5 New Haven, Northern Indiana, and Pasadena: September 1953 -- 6 Pasadena, Northern Indiana, and the East Coast: October 1953-January 1954 -- 7 Bethesda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pasadena: January-February 1954 -- 8 Pasadena: February 1954 -- 9 Pasadena, Berkeley, Urbana, Gatlinburg, and the East Coast: March-April 1954 -- 10 Pasadena: May 1954 -- 11 Woods Hole: June 1954 -- 12 Woods Hole: July 1954 -- 13 Woods Hole: August 1954 -- 14 Woods Hole, New Hampshire, and Cambridge (Mass.): August 1954 -- 15 Northern Indiana and Pasadena: September 1954 -- 16 Pasadena: October 1954 -- 17 Pasadena and Berkeley: November-December 1954 -- 18 Northern Indiana, Cambridge (Mass.), and Washington D.C.: December 1954-January 1955 -- 19 Pasadena and Berkeley: February-March 1955 -- 20 The East Coast, Pasadena, and Woods Hole: March-June 1955 -- 21 Cambridge (England): July 1955 -- 22 The Continent: August 1955 -- 23 Cambridge (England), and Scotland: September 1955 -- 24 Cambridge (England): October 1955 -- 25 Tübingen, Munich, and Cambridge (England): November-December 1955 -- 26 English Lake District and Scotland: December 1955-January 1956 -- 27 Cambridge (England): January-February 1956 -- 28 Cambridge (England): February 1956 -- 29 Cambridge (England), Israel, and Egypt: March-April 1956 -- 30 Cambridge (England): May-June 1956 -- 31 Baltimore, Cold Spring Harbor, and Cambridge (Mass.): June-September 1956 -- EPILOGUE: October 1956-March 1968.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: Francis Galton in Perspective -- I. ANTECEDENTS AND BEGINNINGS -- 1 An Enviable Pedigree -- 2 Metamorphosis: From Birth to Medical School -- 3 A Poll Degree from Cambridge -- 4 Drifting -- II. GEOGRAPHY AND EXPLORATION -- 5 South Africa -- 6 Making Peace with Jonker Afrikaner -- 7 Expedition to Ovampoland -- 8 Fame and Marriage -- 9 Riding High with the Royal Geographical Society -- I. The Great Lakes of Africa -- 10 Riding High with the Royal Geographical Society -- II. Stanley Faces Off with the Geographers -- 11 Weather Maps and the Anticyclone -- III. THE TRIUMPH OF THE PEDIGREE -- 12 Hereditary Talent and Character -- 13 Gemmules, Rabbits, Germs, and Stirps -- 14 Nature and Nurture -- 15 Sweet Peas and Anthropometrics -- 16 Probing the Mind -- 17 Fingerprints -- 18 The Birth of Biometrics -- 19 Galton's Disciples -- 20 Evolution by Jumps -- 21 The Mendelians Trump the Biometricians -- 22 The Triumph of the Pedigree: Eugenics -- Epilogue: Out of Pandora's Box: The First International Congress of Eugenics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Perception and Language -- 1.1 Preamble -- 1.2 Light and Vision -- Introduction -- The Perception of Colour -- Interpretation and Illusion -- Disorders of the Brain -- The World of a Bat -- What Do We See? -- 1.3 Language -- Physiological Aspects of Language -- Social Aspects of Language -- Objects, Concepts, and Existence -- Numbers as Social Constructs -- Notes and References -- 2 Theories of the Mind -- 2.1 Preamble -- 2.2 Mind-Body Dualism -- Plato -- Mathematical Platonism -- The Rotation of Triangles -- Descartes and Dualism -- Dualism in Society -- 2.3 Varieties of Consciousness -- Can Computers Be Conscious? -- Gödel and Penrose -- Discussion -- Notes and References -- 3 Arithmetic -- Introduction -- Whole Numbers -- Small Numbers -- Medium Numbers -- Large Numbers -- What Do Large Numbers Represent? -- Addition -- Multiplication -- Inaccessible and Huge Numbers -- Peano's Postulates -- Infinity -- Discussion -- Notes and References -- 4 How Hard can Problems Get? -- Introduction -- The Four Colour Problem -- Goldbach's Conjecture -- Fermat's Last Theorem -- Finite Simple Groups -- A Practically Insoluble Problem -- Algorithms -- How to Handle Hard Problems -- Notes and References -- 5 Pure Mathematics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Origins -- Greek Mathematics -- The Invention of Algebra -- The Axiomatic Revolution -- Projective Geometry -- 5.3 The Search for Foundations -- 5.4 Against Foundations -- Empiricism in Mathematics -- From Babbage to Turing -- Finite Computing Machines -- Passage to the Infinite -- Are Humans Logical? -- 5.5 The Real Number System -- A Brief History -- What is Equality? -- Constructive Analysis -- Non-standard Analysis -- 5.6 The Computer Revolution -- Discussion -- Notes and References -- 6 Mechanics and Astronomy -- 6.1 Seventeenth Century Astronomy -- Galileo -- Kepler -- Newton. , The Law of Universal Gravitation -- 6.2 Laplace and Determinism -- Chaos in the Solar System -- Hyperion -- Molecular Chaos -- A Trip to Infinity -- The Theory of Relativity -- 6.3 Discussion -- Notes and References -- 7 Probability and Quantum Theory -- 7.1 The Theory of Probability -- Kolmogorov's Axioms -- Disaster Planning -- The Paradox of the Children -- The Letter Paradox -- The Three Door Paradox -- The National Lottery -- Probabilistic Proofs -- What is a Random Number? -- Bubbles and Foams -- Kolmogorov Complexity -- 7.2 Quantum Theory -- History of Atomic Theory -- The Key Enigma -- Quantum Probability -- Quantum Particles -- The Three Aspects of Quantum Theory -- Quantum Modelling -- Measuring Atomic Energy Levels -- The EPR Paradox -- Reflections -- Schrödinger's Cat -- Notes and References -- 8 Is Evolution a Theory? -- Introduction -- The Public Perception -- The Geological Record -- Dating Techniques -- The Mechanisms of Inheritance -- Theories of Evolution -- Some Common Objections -- Discussion -- Notes and References -- 9 Against Reductionism -- Introduction -- Biochemistry and Cell Physiology -- Prediction or Explanation -- Money -- Information and Complexity -- Subjective Consciousness -- The Chinese Room -- Zombies and Related Issues -- A Physicalist View -- Notes and References -- 10 Some Final Thoughts -- Order and Chaos -- Anthropic Principles -- From Hume to Popper -- Empiricism versus Realism -- The Sociology of Science -- Science and Technology -- Conclusions -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.