Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction Catastrophizing: A Beginner’s Guide 1
5. One. Leonardo’s Disasters 27
6. Two. Earthquakes of the Mind 79
7. Three. Shakespeare’s Catastrophic “Anything” 114
8. Four. The Earthquake and the Microscope 147
9. Five. Disaster before the Sublime; or, Kant’s Catastrophes 192
10. Afterword. Catastrophizing in the Age of Climate Change 236
11. Acknowledgments 245
12. Bibliography 249
13. Index 279