| Author's Note | xi |
| Prologue: The Press Conference | xv |
| BOOK I: Delusion Is the Better Part of Grandeur | 1 |
| Chapter 1: The Meltdown | 3 |
| Chapter 2: The Competition | 19 |
| Chapter 3: Autumn 1988 | 36 |
| Chapter 4: January and February 1989 | 53 |
| Chapter 5: February 26 to March 15, 1989 | 69 |
| Chapter 6: March 16 to March 23, 1989: The Wager | 92 |
| Chapter 7: March 23 and 24, 1989: Afterthought | 104 |
| BOOK II: A Collective Derangement of Minds | 107 |
| BOOK III: The Tail of the Distribution | 301 |
| Epilogue | 425 |
| Acknowledgments | 429 |
| Notes | 431 |
| Interviews | 475 |
| Index | 483 |