Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Newfangled Values 1
4. Part I . Ex Nihilo
5. Chapter 1. Scholastic Novelties 23
6. Chapter 2. Conjuring Roger Bacon 48
7. Part II. Ingenium
8. Chapter 3. Ingenious Youth 75
9. Chapter 4. Little Nothings 112
10. Part III. Curiositas
11. Chapter 5. Suspect Economies 143
12. Chapter 6. Old Worlds and New 167
13. Afterword. An Age of Innovation 194
14. Notes 199
15. Acknowledgments 275