CHAPTER ONE The Uses of Chaos; or, What Did Nicolaus Steno Know?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. INTRODUCTION The Various Travels of Nicolaus Steno 1
5. CHAPTER ONE The Uses of Chaos; or, What Did Nicolaus Steno Know? 19
6. CHAPTER TWO The Making of a Scholarly Anatomist 63
7. CHAPTER THREE Dissecting with Numbers, Machines, and Mixtures 94
8. CHAPTER FOUR In the Cradle of the Academie des Sciences 134
9. CHAPTER FIVE Anatomy and Mathematics at the Medici Court 166
10. CHAPTER SIX Thinking the Earth with the Body 207
11. CHAPTER SEVEN Anatomy of a Conversion 241
12. Epilogue 269
13. Acknowledgments 283
14. Bibliography 287
15. Index 315