Includes bibliographical references (page [217-219] and index.
Contents
Lessons from a tree -- A bigger prize : in which we discover scientists of faith -- The secret of life : in which Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection survives -- Miracle at Columbia : in which both sides pray for victory -- Giving up the ghost : in which we search for the soul -- The silent army : in which we search for an afterlife -- The tsunami God : in which the innocent suffer -- The new age : in which anything goes -- Schrödinger's grave : in which quantum mysticism is found to be superstition -- The barbary duck : in which the body heals itself -- The deer : in which the placebo effect is explained -- The moral law : in which we instinctively know right from wrong -- The last butterfly : in which there is no place else to go.
