| Introduction | xiii |
| George III's Urine and the American Revolution | 1 |
| Was George Washington Really the Father of Our Country? | 41 |
| A Not-S0-Short (Actually Average-Sized) Look at the Life of Napoleon | 75 |
| Mr. Lincoln and Dr. Marfan's Syndrome: The Making of the President, 1860 | 88 |
| The Molecular Genetics of the Russian Revolution | 125 |
| JFK and Compound F: The Making of the President, 1960 | 168 |