Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Connections Boxes

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy

2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam

3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe

4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers

5. Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory

6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise

7. Science and Empire

8. Entering the Atomic Age

9. Science and War

10. The Death of Certainty

11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet

12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen

13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New Millennium

Further Reading

Index

Promotional Information

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About the Author

Andrew Ede is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
Lesley B. Cormack is Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.