The Revolutions of Wisdom
  Preface
  Editions and Abbreviations Used

 expand sectionChapter One—  The Displacements of Mythology
 expand sectionChapter Two—  Tradition and Innovation, Text and Context
 expand sectionChapter Three—  Dogmatism and Uncertainty
 expand sectionChapter Four—  Metaphor and the Language of Science
 expand sectionChapter Five—  Measurement and Mystification
 collapse sectionChapter Six—  Idealisations and Elisions
 •The Development of the Notion of Explanation
 •Mathematics and Physics in Plato and Aristotle
 collapse section"Saving the Phenomena"
 •Harmonics
 •Optics
 •Statics and Hydrostatics
 •Dynamics
 •Astronomy
 •Parallax Cases
 •The Aims and Assumptions of Greek Astronomers
 •Conclusions for the Exact Sciences
 •The Life Sciences:  Teleology
 •The Value and Effect of Science in the Ancient World

  Bibliography
 expand sectionGeneral Index
  Index Locorum
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