• Preface to the 2005 Edition
• Beginnings - Creation Myths - The Greeks
• The Awakening - The Sun, the Church, and the New Astronomy - The Pious Heretic - The Triumph of Reason
• The Classical Era - The World Is an Intricate Machine
• Modern Times - Of Things Fast - Of Things Small
• Modeling the Universe - Inventing Universes - Beginnings
• Epilogue: Dancing with the Universe
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
