Chapter 2:

(1) Heike crabs and artificial selection (p.14)

(2) Sinkers and Floaters on Jupiter (p.29)

(3) ``You have to know the past to understand the present'' (p.30)



Chapter 11:

(1) Communication of whales and work of radio astronomers is made more difficult due to radio interference (p.225...)

(2) Information storing heirarchy: DNA, R-complex, limbic system, cerebral cortex, language, books, specialization (p.238...)

(3) What wiped out the dinosaurs (p.235)

(4) The specifics of our biology are the result of a series of accidents