Table of Contents

Preface

General Prologue / Notes

The Astronomer's Tale / Notes

The Biochemist's Tale / Notes

The Biologist's Tale / Notes

The Cosmologist's Tale / Notes

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Geologist's Tale / Notes

The Paleoanthropologist's Tale / Notes

The Paleontologist's Tale / Notes

The Philosopher's Tale / Notes

The Physicist's Tale / Notes

The Scholar's Tale / Notes

13th-century manuscript illumination

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the Book

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