Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. THE PAST RETURNS 2. A ROYAL MACE 3. FOR THEIR OWN SAKE 4. THE DECISIVE CENTURY 5. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION 6. WISDOM AS A PROFESSION 7. "NOT MUCH, BUT ENOUGH" 8. ONE OR MANY? 9. A DREAM AND A DOUBT 10. "HALF MAN, HALF MYTH" 11. DISCORD AND HARMONY 12. HARMONY AND DISCORD 13. MYTHOLOGY TRANSFORMED 14. THE COSMOS AS NUMBER 15. HIMSELF MADE IT? 16. INTIMATIONS OF THE INFINITE 17. A MISCARRIAGE OF REASON 18. POLITICS AND GEOMETRY 19. "ANOTHER I" 20. NUMBER DEIFIED 21. PYTHAGORAS IN PURGATORY 22. SAINTS AND HERETICS 23. A TURNING POINT 24. THE SKEPTICAL BISHOP 25. BELIEVER AND DISBELIEVER 26. CHANGING VIEWS 27. RETURN OF THE MASTER

About the Author

Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a Stanford University Ph.D. who taught at the University of Washington and Cal Tech. He wrote 14 books on mathematics in addition to poetry and 13 science-fiction novels.