Table of Contents

Front Matter

Galileo and the Wonders of the Telescope
Kepler and the Pathways of the Planet
Newton and the Finding of the World Secret
Franklin and the Identity of Lightning
Charles Linnaeus and the Story of the Flowers
Herschel and the Story of the Stars
Rumford and the Relations of Motion and Heat
Cuvier and the Animals of the Past
Humboldt and Nature in the New World
Davy, and Nature's Magicians
Faraday and the Production of Electricity
Charles Lyell and the Story of Rocks
Agassiz and the Story of the Animal Kingdom
Tyndall and Diamagnetism and Radiant Heat
Kirchoff and the Story Told by Sunbeam & Starbeam
Darwin and Huxley