1 2 A PLAIN STORY SIMPLY TOLD
3 EDITED BY
4 THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE—THE SOLAR SYSTEM
5 THE SOLAR SYSTEM
6 THE SUN
7 IS THE SUN DYING?
8 THE PLANETS
9 LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS?
10 THE MOON
11 METEORS AND COMETS
12 THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
13 THE NEBULAR THEORY
14 THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF STARS
15 THE SHAPE OF OUR UNIVERSE
16 ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
17 BIBLIOGRAPHY
18 INTRODUCTORY
19 THE BEGINNING OF THE EARTH—MAKING A HOME FOR LIFE—THE FIRST
20 FIRST GREAT STEPS IN EVOLUTION
21 THE INCLINED PLANE OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
22 THE PROCESSION OF LIFE THROUGH THE AGES
23 EVOLUTION OF LAND ANIMALS
24 THE GEOLOGICAL MIDDLE AGES
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26 THE EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION—HOW IT CAME ABOUT
27 BIBLIOGRAPHY
28 ADAPTATIONS TO ENVIRONMENT
29 I. THE SHORE OF THE SEA
30 II. THE OPEN SEA
31 III. THE DEEP SEA
32 IV. THE FRESH WATERS
33 V. THE DRY LAND
34 VI. THE AIR
35 BIBLIOGRAPHY
36 ANIMAL AND BIRD MIMICRY AND DISGUISE
37 THE ASCENT OF MAN
38 BIBLIOGRAPHY
39 EVOLUTION GOING ON
40 THE DAWN OF MIND
41 THE MIND OF MONKEYS
42 THE WORLD OF ATOMS
43 THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS AND RADIUM
44 THE DISCOVERY OF THE ELECTRON AND HOW IT EFFECTED A REVOLUTION IN
45 THE ELECTRON THEORY, OR THE NEW VIEW OF MATTER
46 WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
47 ETHER AND WAVES
48 LIGHT—VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
49 LIGHTNING
50 ENERGY: HOW ALL LIFE DEPENDS ON IT
51 MATTER, ETHER, AND EINSTEIN
52 INFLUENCE OF THE TIDES: ORIGIN OF THE MOON: THE EARTH SLOWING DOWN
53 BIBLIOGRAPHY