Timeline
Who’s Who
Preface: Not another one
1Rewind
2In the beginning
3Bag of worms
4Gardening leave
5Of grasshoppers and flies
6Bausteine
7A whirlwind from Russia
8Crystal gazing
9The sad demise of a promising candidate
10Inventions and improvements
11Movable type
12Transformational research
13Up North
14Unholy Grails
15Applications of science
16Dreams of geneticists
17Tidying up
18Tipping points
19Twists and turns
20Meetings of minds
21Team building
22Whizz kid
23Handicap race
24Photo finish
25Aftershocks
26Retrospective
Glossary and Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Illustration Credits
Index