Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Note on Editions and Abbreviations XI
5. 1. The Displacements of Mythology 1
6. 2. Tradition and Innovation, Text and Context 50
7. 3. Dogmatism and Uncertainty 109
8. 4. Metaphor and the Language of Science 172
9. 5. Measurement and Mystification 215
10. 6. Idealisations and Elisions 285
11. Bibliography 337
12. General Index 421
13. Index Locorum 431