Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. Icons of knowledge 1
4. 2. Two small embryos in spirits of wine 9
5. 3. Like flies on the parlor ceiling 31
6. 4. Drawing and Darwinism 53
7. 5. Illustrating the magic word 69
8. 6. Professors and progress 89
9. 7. Visual strategies 107
10. 8. Schematics, forgery, and the so-called educated 127
11. 9. Imperial grids 145
12. 10. Setting standards 171
13. 11. Forbidden fruit 189
14. 12. Creative copying 201
15. 13. Trials and tributes 217
16. 14. Scandal for the people 229
17. 15. A hundred haeckels 249
18. 16. The textbook illustration 263
19. 17. Iconoclasm 281
20. 18. The shock of the copy 297
21. Acknowledgments 303
22. Abbreviations 307
23. Notes 309
24. Reference list 339
25. Index 373