Contents -- Introduction -- The Birth of Science -- The Second Birth of Science -- Science, Religion, and Aristotle -- The Scientific Revolution -- The Scientific Method -- From Copernicus to Newton -- Mathematics in a New Role -- Newtonian Physics -- Forces and Fields -- The Twentieth-Century Revolutions in Physics -- The Theory of Relativity -- How "Revolutionary" Was Relativity? -- The Quantum Revolution -- The Role of Symmetry -- "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics" -- Notes -- Suggested Reading.