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Contents

CONTENTS

Copyright

Introductory Note

Illustrations

Introduction

I. The Romance of the Heavens

The scale of the universe
The solar system
Regions of the sun
The surface of the sun
Measuring the speed of light
Is the sun dying?
The planets
Venus
Is there life on Mars? - Jupiter and Saturn
The moon - The mountains of the moon
Meteors and comets - Millions of meteorites - A great comet
The stellar universe - The evolution of stars - The age of stars
The nebular theory - Spiral nebulæ
The birth and death of stars
The shape of our universe
Astronomical instruments
Bibliography

II. The Story of Evolution

The beginning of the earth
Making a home for life
The first living creatures - The first plants - The first animals - Beginnings of bodies
Evolution of sex - Beginning of natural death
Procession of life through the ages
Evolution of land animals
The flying dragons - The first known bird
Evidences of evolution - Factors in evolution
Bibliography

III. Adaptations to Environment

The shore of the sea
The open sea
The deep sea
The fresh waters - The dry land - The air
Bibliography

IV. The Struggle for Existence

Animal and bird mimicry and disguise
Other kinds of elusiveness

V. The Ascent of Man

Anatomical proof of man's relationship with a Simian stock
Physiological proof - Embryological proof - Man's pedigre
Man's arboreal apprenticeship - Tentative men
Primitive men - Races of mankind
Steps in human evolution - Factors in human progress
Bibliography

VI. Evolution Going on

Evolutionary prospect for man
The fountain of change; variability
Evolution of plants - Romance of wheat
Changes in animal life
Story of the salmon
Forming new habits
Experiments in locomotion; new devices

VII. The Dawn of Mind

A caution in regard to instinct
A useful law - Senses of fishes
The mind of a minnow - The mind and senses of amphibians
The reptilian mind - Mind in birds
Intelligence co-operating with instinct
The mind of the mammal - Instinctive aptitudes
Power of association
Why is there not more intelligence?
The mind of monkeys - Activity for activity's sake
Imitation - The mind of man - Body and mind

VIII. Foundations of the Universe

The world of atoms
The energy of atoms
The discovery of X-rays - The discovery of radium
The discovery of the electron
The electron theory - The structure of the atom
The new view of matter - Other new views
The nature of electricity - Electric current
The dynamo - Magnetism
Ether and waves
Light
What the blue "sky" means - Light without heat
Forms of energy
What heat is - Substitutes for coal - Dissipation of energy
What a uniform temperature would mean
Matter, ether, and Einstein - The tides
Origin of the moon - The earth slowing down - The day becoming longer
Bibliography

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