Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Did Modern Science Not Develop in Civilization X? -- 3 The Eurocentric History of Science -- 4 Multicultural Histories of Science -- 5 Toward a Thematic Approach to Multicultural History -- 6 What Made the Renaissance in Europe? -- 7 The Narrow Copernican Revolution -- 8 The Alhazen Optical Revolution -- 9 The Modern Atomic Revolution -- 10 Integrating Hellenic and Indian Traditions -- 11 Universal Mathematical Laws in a Mechanical Universe -- 12 Fusing Solar and Stellar Cosmologies -- 13 The Wider Copernican Revolution -- 14 Contrasting Competitive Plausibility -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.