Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything Book

Contents

Preface....................vii
1 Old Questions....................1
2 The Academies of Secrets....................23
3 The Theatre of Curiosity....................49
4 The Hunt of Pan....................85
5 Professors of Everything....................113
6 More Things in Heaven and Earth....................145
7 Cosmic Disharmonies....................175
8 The First Men in the Moon....................215
9 Nature Free and Bound....................256
10 On the Head of a Pin....................287
11 The Light of Nature....................321
12 Chasing Elephants....................353
13 Professional Virtuosi, or Curiosity Served Cold....................389
Cast of Characters....................411
Notes....................419
Bibliography....................445
Image Credits....................455
Index....................457