1 Table of Contents: “... and Schooldays; 2. Development of Physics; 3. Early Years at Leiden; 4. Copenhagen; 5. Berlin, Zürich, and back...”

2 “... tradition from its foundations in Ancient Greece to the physician-philosophers of the Islamic empires...”

3 “... by the concept of eternal youth, tempted to deny death as well as physical decay, faced with longer life...”

4 “... cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists...”

5 Table of Contents: “.... Alkindi and Alfarabi; 2. Avicenna; A. Logic; B. Physics; C. Astronomy; D. Psychology; E. Metaphysics; F...”

6 “... (however they would have codified these kin relationships) who had to make space physically, emotionally...”

7 “... way to understand advanced and highly abstract concepts in mathematics and theoretical physics...”