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Index
Cover
Half-Title
Title
Dedication
Contents
Map
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Seeing the Universe
2 The Epoch in Human History
PART II: A TIME OF WARS
3 The Origins of the Wars
4 The Loss of the Palatinate
5 The Mercenary Captains
6 The Edict of Restitution, 1629
7 The Swedish Apogee
8 From Wallenstein to Breisach
9 Towards Westphalia
10 In the Ruins of Europe
11 The Maritime Conflicts
PART III: THE CUMULATION OF IDEAS
12 The Intelligencers
13 The Short Ways to Knowledge
14 Dr Dee and the Potent Art
15 The Rosicrucian Scare
PART IV: FROM MAGIC TO SCIENCE
16 From Magic to Method
17 The Birth of Science
18 War and Science
PART V: THE SOCIAL ORDER
19 Society and Politics
20 Language and Belief
PART VI: CONCLUSION
21 Is It a Myth?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Author
By the Same Author
Plate Section
Copyright
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