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Tables of Contents for Seven Experiments That Could Change the World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Second Edition
vii
Preface to the First Edition
ix
General Introduction Why Big Questions Don't Need Big Science
xiii
Part One EXTRAORDINARY POWERS OF ORDINARY ANIMALS
1
96
Introduction to Part One Why Puzzling Powers of Animals Have Been Neglected
3
6
Pets Who Know when Their Owners Are Returning
9
24
How Do Pigeons Home?
33
40
The Organization of Termites
73
24
Conclusions to Part One
93
4
Part Two THE EXTENDED MIND
97
66
Introduction to Part Two Contracted and Extended Minds
99
6
The Sense of Being Stared At
105
20
The Reality of Phantom Limbs
125
38
Conclusions to Part Two
161
2
Part Three SCIENTIFIC ILLUSIONS
163
80
Introduction to Part Three Illustrations of Objectivity
165
14
The Variability of the ``Fundamental Constants''
179
30
The Effects of Experimenters' Expectations
209
34
Conclusions to Part Three
239
4
General Conclusions
243
4
Appendix to the Second Edition Updates on the Seven Experiments
247
21
Notes
268
16
Bibliography
284
13
Index
297