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Chapter one
The Science
Biology
Ingenious: Nautilus and Me
My wonderful, dangerous life with the amazing nautilus.
Biology
Ingenious: Peter Ward
Call the daring marine biologist and paleontologist “Professor Nautilus”.
Chapter two
The Myth
Culture
Chambered Nautilus
A metaphor for science.
Culture
A Vehicle of Wonder
The story that launched generations of scientists
Numbers
Math as Myth
What looks like the golden ratio is sometimes just fool’s gold.
Ideas
Where Science and Story Meet
We make sense of the world through stories—a deep need rooted in our brains.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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Ideas
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Biology
The Hidden Link Between “Genetic Nurture” and Educational Achievement
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Culture
The Problem with Depression Doping
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