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 ; Dolittle and Darwin --
II. All its merciless glory. 'More Darwinian than Darwin' : the Darwin-Wallace papers ; Universal Darwinism ; An ecology of replicators ; Twelve misunderstandings of kin selection --
III. Future conditional. Net gain ; Intelligent aliens ; 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? ; Atheists for Jesus --
V. Living in the real world. The dead hand of Plato ; 'Beyond reasonable doubt'? ; But can they suffer? ; 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 within 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 ; The great bus mystery ; Jarvis and the family tree ; Gerin oil ; Sage elder statesman of the dinosaur fancy ; Athorism : let's hope it's a lasting vogue ; Dawkins' laws --
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 ; Honouring Hitch.
