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1 Science, Ideology and Myth.- 1. How to win the Nobel Prize.- 2. Storming the Fortress.- 3. Symbolism and Chance.- 4. Science and the Media.- 5. Molecules are not Enough.- 6. Science, Ideology and Myth.- 2 On Human Nature.- 7. The Birth of Sociobiology.- 8. Models of Cultural and Genetic Change (written with N. Warren).- 9. Constraints on Human Behaviour.- 10. Biology and the Behaviour of Man.- 11. Tinkering.- 12. Boy or Girl.- 13. Genes and Memes.- 14. Natural Selection of Culture?.- 3 Did Darwin get it Right?.- 15. Palaeontology at the High Table.- 16. Current Controversies in Evolutionary Biology.- 17. Did Darwin get it Right?.- 18. Do we need a new Evolutionary Paradigm?.- 4 Games, Sex and Evolution.- 19. Why Sex?.- 20. The Limitations of Evolution Theory.- 21. The Evolution of Animal Intelligence.- 22. Evolution and the Theory of Games.- 5 The Laws of the Game.- 23. The Counting Problem.- 24. Understanding Science.- 25. Matchsticks, Brains and Curtain Rings.- 26. Hypercycles and the Origin of Life.- 27. Popper’s World.- 28. Rottenness is All.- Acknowledgements.