Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Endorsements -- Contents -- List of Posters -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Accidents, Coincidences, and the Luck of the Draw: How Benjamin Thompson and Humphry Davy Enabled Michael Faraday to Electrify the World -- 2: Science, Technology, and Economic Growth: Can Their Magical Relationships Be Controlled? -- 3: Max Planck: A Reluctant Revolutionary with a Hunger of the Soul -- 4: The Golden Age of Physics -- Joseph John Thomson -- Ernest Rutherford -- Niels Bohr -- Wolfgang Ernst Pauli -- Werner Heisenberg -- Conclusions -- 5: Oswald T. Avery: A Modest Diminutive Introverted Scientific Heavyweight -- 6: Barbara McClintock (1902-1992): A Patient, Integrating, Maverick Interpreter of Living Systems -- 7: Charles Townes: A Meticulously Careful Scientific Adventurer -- 8: Carl Woese: A Staunch Advocate for Classical Biology -- 9: Peter Mitchell: A High-Minded Creative and Courageous Bioenergetics Accountant -- 10: Harry Kroto: An Artistic and Adventurous Chemist with a Flair for Astrophysics -- 11: John Mattick: A Prominent Critic of Dogma and a Pioneer of the Idea That Genomes Contain Hidden Sources of Regulation -- 12: Conclusions: How We Can Foster Prosperity Indefinitely -- Appendix 1: Open Letter to Research Councils UK from Donald W. Braben and Others Published in Times Higher Education, November 5, 2009 -- Appendix 2: Global Warming: A Coherent Approach -- References -- Index.