ABSTRACT

In this collection, first published in 1951, the central theme is that everything has a history, and that we cannot fully understand anything without some knowledge of its history. Professor Haldane writes mainly on geology, astronomy and zoology, but includes a variety of other topics, including eugenics, Einstein, and C. S. Lewis. His outlines of zoology, of the geology of England, and of the evidence for astronomical theories, will be of great use to students and teachers.

part I|20 pages

The History of England

chapter 1|4 pages

The Beginnings

chapter 2|4 pages

Life Reaches the Land

chapter 3|3 pages

The Age of Reptiles

chapter 4|4 pages

The Chalk and After

chapter 5|3 pages

The Battle of the Rivers

part II|44 pages

Geological Essays

chapter 1|4 pages

Dating the Past

chapter 2|3 pages

Geological Revolutions

chapter 3|3 pages

Earthquakes

chapter 4|3 pages

Oil under England

chapter 5|3 pages

Exploring Subterranean England

chapter 6|6 pages

I Ask for Fossils

chapter 7|3 pages

I get Fossils

chapter 8|4 pages

We are still Suffering from the Ice Age

chapter 9|3 pages

Pollen and History

chapter 10|4 pages

Science and Prehistory

chapter 11|3 pages

Was England a Yugoslav Colony ?

chapter 12|3 pages

Cave Diving

part III|24 pages

The Weather

chapter 1|3 pages

Frost

chapter 2|4 pages

Can we prevent Cold Spells?

chapter 3|4 pages

Weather Forecasts

chapter 4|3 pages

Heat and History

chapter 5|4 pages

Autumn

chapter 6|4 pages

Freezing and Thawing

part IV|18 pages

The Evidence for Astronomical Theory

chapter 1|4 pages

The Earth Spins

chapter 2|4 pages

The Earth goes round the Sun

chapter 3|4 pages

The Nearer Stars

chapter 4|4 pages

Seeing the Past

part V|18 pages

Astronomical Essays

chapter 1|3 pages

Common Sense about the Planets

chapter 2|3 pages

Looking for Blue Stars

chapter 3|3 pages

Radio from the Sun

chapter 4|4 pages

Cosmic Rays

chapter 5|3 pages

why the Earth is a Magnet

part VI|28 pages

An Outline of Zoology

chapter 1|3 pages

The Classification and Origin of Animals

chapter 2|3 pages

The Simplest Animals

chapter 3|3 pages

Jellyfish and Polyps

chapter 4|4 pages

Worms

chapter 5|3 pages

Living in One's Skeleton

chapter 6|3 pages

Shelled Animals

chapter 7|3 pages

Fish

chapter 8|4 pages

Beasts and Birds

part VII|24 pages

Zoological Essays

chapter 1|3 pages

Why Steal Beetles?

chapter 2|3 pages

Cage Birds

chapter 3|3 pages

Some Queer Beastst

chapter 4|3 pages

Counting Wild Animals

chapter 5|4 pages

Why I Admire Frogs

chapter 6|3 pages

The Hungarian Invasion

chapter 7|3 pages

A Great Event

part VIII|22 pages

How Animals Behave

chapter 1|3 pages

The Robin

chapter 2|3 pages

The Starling

chapter 3|3 pages

Clever Birds

chapter 4|4 pages

How Bees Communicatet

chapter 5|3 pages

How Bees find their Way

chapter 6|4 pages

Movies for Toads

part IX|16 pages

Evolution

chapter 1|3 pages

The Struggle for Life

chapter 2|4 pages

Man's Ancestry

chapter 3|3 pages

Darwinism and its Perversions

chapter 4|4 pages

The Mathematics of Evolution

part X|24 pages

Great Men

chapter 1|4 pages

Langevin

chapter 2|4 pages

Hopkins

chapter 3|3 pages

Lea

chapter 4|4 pages

Jeans

chapter 5|3 pages

G. H. Hardy

chapter 6|4 pages

Einstein

part XI|22 pages

Controversial

chapter 1|10 pages

Auld Hornie, f.r.s.

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength (John Lane 1938–1945).

chapter 2|10 pages

More Anti-Lewisite

part XI|20 pages

Human Evolution: Past and Future

chapter 1|18 pages

Human Evolution: Past and Future