From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Introduction. 1. Modern minds ; 2. The idea of the scientific revolution
Part One. The heavens and the earth. 3. Inventing discovery ; 4. Planet Earth
Part Two. Seeing is believing. 5. The mathematization of the world ; 6. Gulliver's worlds
Part Three. Making knowledge. 7. Facts ; 8. Experiments ; 9. Laws ; 10. Hypotheses/theories ; 11. Evidence and judgement
Part Four. Birth of the modern. 12. Machines ; 13. The disenchantment of the world ; 14. Knowledge is power
Conclusion. The invention of science. 15. In defiance of nature ; 16. These postmodern days ; 17. 'What do I know?'
Some longer notes. A note on Greek and medieval 'science' ; A note on religion ; Wittgenstein : no relativist ; Notes on relativism and relativists ; A note on dates and quotations ; A note on the Internet.