Part 1 Science, ideology and myth: how to win the Nobel prize; storming the fortress; symbolism and chance; science and the media; molecules are not enough; science, ideology and myth. Part 2 On human nature: the birth of sociobiology; models of cultural and genetic change; constraints on human behaviour; biology and the behaviour of man; tinkering; boy or girl; genes and memes; natural selection of culture?. Part 3 Did Darwin get it right?: palaeontology at the high table; current controversies in evolutionary biology; did Darwin get it right?; do we need a new evolutionary paradigm?. Part 4 Games, sex and evolution: why sex?; the limitations of evolution theory; the evolution of animal intelligence; evolution and the theory of games. Part 5 The laws of the game: the counting problem; understanding science; matchsticks, brains and curtain rings; hypercycles and the origin of life; popper's world; rottenness is all.
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