Acknowledgments |
viii |
PROLOGUE |
ix |
INTRODUCTION The Great Age Of Synthesis: The Nineteenth Century |
xi |
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PART ONE The Physical Sciences |
1 |
1. Atoms and Elements |
3 |
2. Chemistry's-Rollercoaster of Complexity and Order |
21 |
3. Indestructible Energy |
35 |
4. Magnetism, Electricity and Light |
45 |
5. Sky and Earth |
59 |
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PART TWO The Life Sciences |
73 |
6. Darwin and the Beagle's Bounty |
75 |
7. From Macro to Micro: Organs, Germs and Cells |
91 |
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Epilogue |
105 |
Appendix 1: The Scientific Method |
107 |
Appendix 2: Elements and Their Symbols |
111 |
Chronology |
113 |
Glossary |
120 |
Further Reading |
123 |
Index |
131 |