| Introduction & Acknowledgments |
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1 At the Beginning: More Things in Heaven and Earth |
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2 Of The Madness of Mad Scientists: Jonathan Swift's Grand Academy |
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3 Lost in Space: The Spititual Crisis of Newtonian Cosmology |
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59 | (24) |
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4 Atoms of Congnition: Metaphysics in the Royal Society. 1715-2010 |
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5 What's in a Name? Rivalries and the Birth of Modern Science |
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107 | (24) |
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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein |
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6 Charged Atmospheres: Promethean Science and the Royal Society |
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131 | (26) |
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7 A New Age of Flight: Joseph Banks Goes Ballooning |
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157 | (26) |
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8 Archives of Life: Science And Collections |
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183 | (20) |
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9 Darwin's Five Bridges: The Way to Natural Selection |
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203 | (26) |
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10 Images of Progress: Conferences of Engineers |
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229 | (22) |
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11 X-Ray Visions: Structural Biologists and Social Action in the Twentieth Century |
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251 | (22) |
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12 Ten Thousand Wedges: Biodiversity, Natural Selection and Random Change |
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273 | (22) |
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13 Making Stuff: From Bacon to Bakelite |
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295 | (26) |
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14 Just Typical: Our Changing Place in the Universe |
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321 | (20) |
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15 Behind The Scenes: The Hidden Mathematics That Rules Our World |
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341 | (20) |
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16 Simple Really: From Simplicity to Complexity-and Back Again |
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17 Globe And Sphere Cycles and Flows: How to See The World |
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385 | (20) |
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18 Beyond Ending: Looking Into The Void |
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405 | (20) |
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19 Confidence, Consensus and The Uncertainty Cops: Tackling Risk Management in Climate Change |
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425 | (20) |
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20 Time: The Winged Chariot |
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445 | (22) |
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| Conclusion: Looking Fifty Years Ahead |
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| Further Reading |
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| List of Illustrations |
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| Index |
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