From the universally praised New York Times" science writer George Johnson (" He provides some of the best science writing I have come across in a long time"
- Paul Davies) an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science
- moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature & received a crisp unambiguous reply. Chapter 1
- Galileo: The Way Things Really Move; Chapter 2
- William Harvey: Mysteries of the Heart; Chapter 3
- Isaac Newton: What a Colour Is; Chapter 4
- Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier: The Farmers Daughter; Chapter 5
- Luigi Galvini: Animal Electricity; Chapter
- Michel Faraday: Something Deeply Hidden; Chapter 7
- James Joule: How the World Works; Chapter 8
- A. Michelson: Lost in Space; Chapter 9
- Ivan Pavlov: Measuring the Immeasurable; & Chapter 10
- Robert Millikan: In the Borderl&. The diligence of all these scientists was rewarded: in an instant confusion was swept aside & something new about nature leapt into view."