Andrew Ede is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.Lesley B. Cormack is Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.

• List of IllustrationsList of Connections BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise7. Science and Empire8. Entering the Atomic Age9. Science and War10. The Death of Certainty11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New MillenniumFurther ReadingIndex

Andrew Ede is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.Lesley B. Cormack is Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.

• List of IllustrationsList of Connections BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise7. Science and Empire8. Entering the Atomic Age9. Science and War10. The Death of Certainty11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New MillenniumFurther ReadingIndex

Andrew Ede is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.Lesley B. Cormack is Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.

• List of IllustrationsList of Connections BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise7. Science and Empire8. Entering the Atomic Age9. Science and War10. The Death of Certainty11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New MillenniumFurther ReadingIndex