In the Beginning Was the Word.... The Invaluable Concept of Force. The Indispensable Idea of Fields. The Ingenious Notion of Atoms. The Unimaginable Unity of Spacetime. The Imponderable Nature of Matter. The Intransigent Presence of Paradox. The Inexhaustible Fecundity of Space. The Improbable Prevalence of Symmetry. W, Z Fields. The Ineffable Color of Quarks. The Unquestionable Imagination of Physicists. The Inscrutable Essence of Mathematics. The Unspeakable Power of Language. The Last Word. Epilogue. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index.