Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Divine Order: Isaac Newton and Physico-Theology 9
5. 2 Celestial Order and Universal Gravity 26
6. 3 Mixed Mathematics and Probability 45
7. 4 Inventories of Electricity 59
8. 5 ­Organization: Living Things 75
9. 6 Cleaning up Chemistry: The Classification of Matter 88
10. 7 Laplace, Revolutionary Order, and the Invention of Mathematical Physics 110
11. 8 Classification and Extinction: Cuvier And Natural History In The Early Nineteenth Century 132
12. 9 Darwin’s Taxonomy: Geology And The Organization Of Life 147
13. 10 Evolution and Scientific Naturalism 162
14. 11 Thermodynamics and Modern Physics 181
15. 12 Chance and Determinism: New Models of Science 196
16. 13 Electromagnetism, Action at a Distance, and Aether 213
17. 14 The Chemical Use of Atoms 238
18. 15 Laboratories of the Heavens: Physics in the Observatory 256
19. 16 New Modes of Natural Philosophy 285
20. Conclusion. The World We Have Gained . . . ​and Lost 305
21. Acknowledgments 313
22. Notes 315
23. Bibliography 345
24. Index 361