附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Religion rampant: Hypatia, Roger Bacon, Giordano Bruno -- Galileo and the Inquisition -- Kepler -- Internal conflict: the atomic theory and positivist philosophy -- N-Rays -- Einstein and the Copenhagen School -- Oppenheimer and the AEC -- Blackett, Cherwell, Tizard: operational research and total war -- The big bang versus continuous creation -- Multiple versus plural particle and photon production -- Missing magnetic monopoles -- Conclusions.
