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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеBILL BRYSON INTRODUCTION
1 JAMES GLEICK AT THE BEGINNING: MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
2 MARGARET AT WOOD OF THE MADNESS OF MAD SCIENTISTS: JONATHAN SWIFT’S GRAND ACADEMY
3 MARGARET WERTHEIM LOST IN SPACE: THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS OF NEWTONIAN COSMOLOGY
4 NEAL STEPHENSON ATOMS OF COGNITION: METAPHYSICS IN THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 1715-2010
5 REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN WHAT’S IN A NAME? RIVALRIES AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE
6 SIMON SCHAFFER CHARGED ATMOSPHERES: PROMETHEAN SCIENCE AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
7 RICHARD HOLMES A NEW AGE OF FLIGHT: JOSEPH BANKS GOES BALLOONING
8 RICHARD FORTEY ARCHIVES OF LIFE: SCIENCE AND COLLECTIONS
9 RICHARD DAWKINS DARWIN’S FIVE BRIDGES: THE WAY TO NATURAL SELECTION
10 HENRY PETROSKI IMAGES OF PROGRESS: CONFERENCES OF ENGINEERS
11 GEORGINA FERRY X-RAY VISIONS: STRUCTURAL BIOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL ACTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
12 STEVE JONES TEN THOUSAND WEDGES: BIODIVERSITY, NATURAL SELECTION AND RANDOM CHANGE
13 PHILIP BALL MAKING STUFF: FROM BACON TO BAKELITE
14 PAUL DAVIES JUST TYPICAL: OUR CHANGING PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
15 IAN STEWART BEHIND THE SCENES: THE HIDDEN MATHEMATICS THAT RULES OUR WORLD
16 JOHN D. BARROW SIMPLE REALLY: FROM SIMPLICITY TO COMPLEXITY – AND BACK AGAIN
17 OLIVER MORTON GLOBE AND SPHERE, CYCLES AND FLOWS: HOW TO SEE THE WORLD
18 MAGGIE GEE BEYOND ENDING: LOOKING INTO THE VOID
19 STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER CONFIDENCE, CONSENSUS AND THE UNCERTAINTY COPS: TACKLING RISK MANAGEMENT IN CLIMATE CHANGE
20 GREGORY BENFORD TIME: THE WINGED CHARIOT
21 MARTIN REES CONCLUSION: LOOKING FIFTY YEARS AHEAD
