PART I. Aristotle and the ancients : Mathematics, motion and machines -- Introduction -- 1. The ancients : Heavenly geometry -- 2. Aristotle : Touching earth -- 3. The Arabs : Mohammedan amalgamation -- 4. Medieval magick and Renaissance revival : Finding the force -- 5. The merchants : Mathematics of money and machines of war -- PART II. The European scientific revolution : The passionate pursuit of order -- Introduction -- 6. Mathematics : The first wave -- 7. Physics : The first wave -- 8. Chemistry : The first wave -- 9. Mathematics and physics : Wave after wave -- 10. Lavoisier : The chemical tsunami -- PART III. The first atomic wars : Dalton to Perrin -- Introduction -- 11. Dalton's diminutive friends : An atomic theory -- 12. Thermodynamics : The warmth and how it spreads -- 13. Gnats in sunbeams : Kinetic theory of gases -- 14. Statistical mechanics : Maxwell's demon and Boltzmann's dream -- 15. Thermochemistry : Willard Gibbs and the quiet insurrection -- 16. Atoms or not? The test of Jean Perrin -- PART IV. Physics and chemistry come to light : Spectroscopy to quantum mechanics -- Introduction -- 17. Spectroscopy : Rainbows from the sun -- 18. Electromagnetism : The nature of the sun -- 19. Atomic structure : Pieces and puzzles -- 20. The quantum revolution : Little bits of stuff -- 21. Quantum riddle : When is a particle not a particle? When it's a wave -- PART V. The flourish of the physical chemist : Affinity and force -- Introduction -- 22. Rebels and radicals : Quantum chemistry in the United States -- 23. System and symmetry : The further developments of quantum chemistry -- 24. The ionists and affinity : Physikalische Chemie -- 25. Intermolecular forces : The tie that binds -- 26. Heirs to the ionists : Physical chemistry crosses the ocean -- 27. Reaction rates : Physical chemistry keeps pace -- PART VI. The fruits of their labors : The product of physical chemistry -- Introduction -- 28. Physical chemistry and physiology : Not so strange bedfellows -- 29. Nonlinear dynamics : Physical chemists make waves -- 30. Nonotechnology : How low can you go? -- Extreme quantum : The questions keep coming -- Epilogue
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