Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-233) and index
Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science
