I. Scientific Advance from Copernicus to Newton

1. Origins of the Scientific Revolution
2. The Breakthroughs
3. Kepler and Galileo Address the Uncertainties
4. The Climax of the Scientific Revolution: Isaac Newton

II. The Effects of the Discoveries

1. A New Epistemology
2. The Wider Influence of Scientific Thought
3. Bacon and Descartes
4. Pascal's Protest Against the New Science
5. Science Institutionalized

III. The Arts and Literature

1. Unsettling Art
2. Unsettling Writers
3. The Return of Assurance in the Arts
4. Stability and Restraint in the Arts

IV. Social Patterns and Popular Culture

1. Population Trends
2. Social Status
3. Mobility and Crime
4. Change in Villages and Cities
5. Belief in Magic and Rituals
6. Forces of Restraint