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Tables of Contents for Euclid's Window
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
I The Story of Euclid
The First Revolution
3
1
The Geometry of Taxation
4
7
Among the Seven Sages
11
6
The Secret Society
17
12
Euclid's Manifesto
29
10
A Beautiful Woman, a Liberty, and the End of Civilization
39
14
II The Story of Descartes
The Revolution in Place
53
2
The Origin of Latitude and Longitude
55
5
The Legacy of the Rotten Romans
60
10
The Discreet Charm of the Graph
70
9
A Soldier's Story
79
11
Iced by the Snow Queen
90
5
III The Story of Gauss
The Curved Space Revolution
95
3
The Trouble with Ptolemy
98
9
A Napoleonic Hero
107
8
The Fall of the Fifth Postulate
115
6
Lost in Hyperbolic Space
121
6
Some Insects Called the Human Race
127
9
A Tale of Two Aliens
136
7
After 2,000 Years, a Face-lift
143
10
IV The Story of Einstein
Revolution at the Speed of Light
153
4
Relativity's Other Albert
157
6
The Stuff of Space
163
13
Probationary Technical Expert, Third Class
176
6
A Relatively Euclidean Approach
182
11
Einstein's Apple
193
12
From Inspiration to Perspiration
205
5
Blue Hair Triumphs
210
7
V The Story of Witten
The Weird Revolution
217
2
Ten Things I Hate About Your Theory
219
4
The Necessary Uncertainty of Being
223
5
Clash of the Titans
228
3
A Message in a Kaluza-Klein Bottle
231
4
The Birth of Strings
235
4
Particles, Schmarticles!
239
10
The Trouble with Strings
249
6
The Theory Formerly Known As Strings
255
8
Epilogue
263
4
Notes
267
26
Acknowledgments
293
2
Index
295