Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature - David Quammen (1996)
NEW, RETROSPECTIVE INTRODUCTION
OLD, INGENUOUS INTRODUCTION
ALL GOD’S VERMIN
Sympathy for the Devil
Has Success Spoiled the Crow?
The Widow Knows
The Troubled Gaze of the Octopus
Avatars of the Soul in Malaya
Rumors of a Snake
Wool of Bat
PROPHETS AND PARIAHS
The Excavation of Jack Horner
The Lives of Eugène Marais
The Man with the Metal Nose
Animal Rights and Beyond
Alias Benowitz Shoe Repair
The Tree People
ELOQUENT PRACTICES, NATURAL ACTS
Love’s Martyrs
A Deathly Chill
Is Sex Necessary?
Desert Sanitaire
Jeremy Bentham, the Pietà, and a Precious Few Grayling
Yin and Yang in the Tularosa Basin
AFTER THOUGHTS
Planet of Weeds
The River Jumps Over the Mountain
The Post-Communist Wolf
The Megatransect
A Passion for Order
Citizen Wiley
Clone Your Troubles Away
PARTIAL SOURCES