Table of Contents

The diverse selections in The Nature of Life: Readings in Biology inspire dynamic Shared Inquiry discussion and represent the wide range of work in biology.

Parts of Animals* Aristotle

The Way Things Are* Lucretius

Novum Organum* Francis Bacon

Conclusion of On the Origin of the Species Charles Darwin

Struggle for Existence   Charles Darwin

The Descent of Man* Charles Darwin

Natural Selection  Charles Darwin

Experiments in Plant Hybridization* Gregor Mendel

An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine* Claude Bernard

The Snout   Loren Eiseley

Silent Spring* Rachel Carson

Ecce Homo! Konrad Lorenz

Rats Konrad Lorenz

The Double Helix* James D. Watson

The Selfish Gene* Richard Dawkins

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare Paul Colinvaux

Just in the Middle Stephen Jay Gould

The Diversity of Life* Edward O. Wilson

Life from Scum Lynn Margulis

An asterisk * indicates a selection taken from a longer work.

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