CONTENTS
PREFACE
ix
FOREWORD
xxv
INTRODUCTION TO THENEW PAPERBACK EDITION
xxvii
I.
FULL CIRCLE
3
II.
ART, LIFE, AND EXPERIMENT
54
III.
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY
83
IV.
NEWTON WITH HIS PRISM AND SILENT FACE
117
V.
SCIENCE AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
151
VI.
THE RATIONALIZATION OF MATTER
202
VII.
THE HISTORY OF NATURE
260
VIII.
BIOLOGY COMES OF AGE
303
IX.
EARLY ENERGETICS
352
X.
FIELD PHYSICS
406
XI.
EPILOGUE
493
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY
521
INDEX
545