Wrestling with Nature From Omens to Science

410 Index Heffernan, Michael, 386 Heilbron, John, 158, 163, 164, 165 heliocentrism, 151, 391 Henry, Joseph, 286, 287, 288, 347 H ...

Index 411 laboratories, 182, 325; industrial research, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 240, 246, 321; medical, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, ...

412 Index Mencken, Henry Louis, 295 Mersenne, Marin, 155, 156 Merton College, Oxford, 97, 98 metaphysics, 99, 100, 103, 104, 206 ...

Index 413 Nieuwentijt, Bernard, 130 Noah’s Ark, 127–28, 181, 390. See also museums Nollet, Jean- Antoine, 186, 192, 385 Nordby, ...

414 Index Ptolemy, Claudius, 39, 48, 66, 67–68, 93, 95, 103, 153; Almagest, 19, 90, 96, 150; and mathematics, 44–47, 85; and opt ...

Index 415 301, 308, 310, 312–13, 315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 322, 325, 326, 327, 328; Ro- man contributions to, 84–85; specializa- ...

416 Index Troostwijk, Adriaan Paets van, 181 Tuchman, Arleen, 207 Turner, John, 189 Turner, William, 122 Twain, Mark, 313 Twinin ...