May 1979 Issue [In print] Biological imperative Adjust Share Writing about science for laymen by Jeffrey Burke, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Book reviews Books Horace Freeland Judson Joan Pinkham John Stewart Collis Jonathan Miller Lewis Thomas Lucien Israël Reviews Science More from Jeffrey Burke Appetites Lunacy and the arrangement of books Writes of passage The letter of recommendation as a social force and literary genre First time out The perils of the fictional debut Adjust Share