IllustrationsPrefacePART 1: Histories1 Tales of Rats2 Naming and Taming3 All Fall DownPART 2: Questions and Answers4 A Battle of Wits?5 Do Rats Think?6 Are Rats Gluttons?7 All in Their Genes?8 Rat SocietiesPART 3: The Blindness of Research9 Population Explosions10 Social Life and Death11 Nature and Human NatureGlossaryNotes on sourcesReferencesIndex