Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Chapter One. Blaming Aristotle 1
6. Chapter Two. The Roots of the Tree of Life 22
7. Chapter Three. Competing Visual Metaphors 53
8. Chapter Four. Deciphering Darwin’s Trees 80
9. Chapter Five. The Gilded Age of Evolutionary Trees 113
10. Chapter Six. The Waning and Waxing of Darwinian Trees 134
11. Chapter Seven. Three Revolutions in Tree Building 158
12. Chapter Eight. The Paragon of Animals 200
13. References 213
14. Index 229