1 THE BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION 5
2 ANCIENT GREECE 19
3 THE HELLENISTIC ERA 43
4 CIVILIZATIONS OF THE EAST 59
5 SCIENCE IN THE RENAISSANCE 73
6 GALILEO 95
7 THE AGE OF REASON 105
8 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 129
9 EVOLUTION 151
10 VICTORY OVER DISEASE 167
11 ATOMS IN CHEMISTRY 181
12 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 191
13 ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS 205
14 RELATIVITY 231
15 NUCLEAR FISSION 245
16 HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 261
17 GENESPLICING 281
18 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 303
19 CARING FOR THE EARTH 325
20 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE 343