Further Readings
Blaustein, A., and D. B. Wake. "The Puzzle of Declining Amphibian Populations." Scientific American, April 1995, 52-57. The number of frogs, toads, and salamanders is dropping in many areas because of acid rain and depletion of the ozone layer. Gardner, M. Science: Good, Bad, Bogus. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1990. A critical, scientific look at some of today's most common fallacies. Gould, S. "Darwinism Defined: The Difference Between Fact and Theory." Discover, January 1987, 64-70. An account of what biologists do and do not mean in the theory of evolution. Gould, S. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1990. A marvelous book about evolution, especially the early evolution of animals.		Moore, J. A. Science as a Way of Knowing-The Foundations of Modern Biology. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993. An outstanding exposition of evolution and the whole field of biology. National Research Council. Ozone Depletion. Washington, D.C., 1996. A short information-dissemination paper presenting up-to-date information on the ozone hole and what is being done about it. Weuthrich, B. "Trials on Trial." New Scientist, May 28, 1994, 14-15. An interesting discussion of the repercussions created by a single incidence of scientific fraud.
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