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CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Preface to the 2005 Edition ix Preface xi Part I: Beginnings 1 1: Creation Myths 3 2: The Greeks 23 Part II: The Awakening 61 3: The Sun, the Church, and the New Astronomy 63 4: The Pious Heretic 97 5: The Triumph of Reason 120 Part III: The Classical Era 147 6: The World Is an Intricate Machine 149 Part IV: Modern Times 189 7: Of Things Fast 191 8: Of Things Small 212 Part V: Modeling the Universe 241 9: Inventing Universes 243 10: Beginnings 280 Epilogue: Dancing with the Universe 310 Glossary 313 Bibliography 320 Index 327 ...