Table of Contents

* Introduction: Truth Revealed * Desertion * The Changing View of Matter and Energy * Academia * Astronomy and Mathematics Before Newton * A Toe in the Water * The Search for the Philosophers Stone * The Sorcerers Apprentice * Feuds * To the Principia * Breakdown * Metamorphosis * Old Mens Battles * A Question of Priority * Joining the Ancients

About the Author

Michael White was a science lecturer and director of studies at d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford for ten years before becoming a full-time writer and journalist. He is the co-author (with John Gribben) of the best seller, Stephen Hawking: A Life In Science which has been translated into 25 languages and has sold in excess of 250,000 copies worldwide. He is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, GQ, Focus and New Scientist, writing on subjects ranging from pure science to music. He lives in London.