Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Designs of Nature 27
7. 2 Nature as Maker, Image as Monster 76
8. 3 Figures, Seeds, and Insect Eggs 110
9. 4 Shells, Spirals, and Similitudes 133
10. 5 “ Those Which Have Undergone No Such Alteration” 168
11. 6 “An Astonishing Visibility” 189
12. 7 Signs on the Shore 210
13. Notes 233
14. Bibliography 251
15. Index 265