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Tables of Contents for The Soul of Science
Chapter/Section Title
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Acknowledgments
ix
 
Introduction
xi
 
PART ONE: THE NEW HISTORY OF SCIENCE
An Invented Institution: Christianity and the Scientific Revolution
17
26
The History of Science and the Science of History: Contemporary Approaches and Their Intellectual Roots
43
16
PART TWO: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
A New ``Thinking Cap'': Three Little Sciences and How They Grew
59
20
The Newtonian World Machine: How Does God Relate to the World?
79
18
The Belated Revolution in Biology: Taking Biology from Metaphysics
97
26
PART THREE: THE RISE AND FALL OF MATHEMATICS
Math in the Past: Discovering the Structure of Creation
123
14
The Idol Falls: Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Revolution in Mathematics
137
28
PART FOUR: THE SECOND SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Is Everything Relative?: The Revolution in Physics
165
22
Quantum Mysteries: Making Sense of the New Physics
187
34
A Chemical Code: Resolving Historical Controversies
221
28
Notes
249
34
Suggested Reading
283
4
Index
287