Introduction: the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian science
Part 1. The Pre-Raphaelite project: scientific art for a scientific age, 1848 to 1860
The search after truth: art on the model of science
To know what has grown: the ecological vision of Pre-Raphaelite art
The knowing hand of the anatomist: embodied psychology in Pre-Raphaelite painting and poetry
Looking the matter through and through: sacred art on scientific principles
An experiment in architecture: Pre-Raphaelitism and science at the Oxford Museum
Part 2. Shaping a scientific culture: the Pre-Raphaelite arts and Victorian science after 1860
Fault lines: Pre-Raphaelitism and science after 1859
The facts of the case: scientific naturalism and Pre-Raphaelite poetry
Pre-Raphaelite architecture and scientific controversy after Darwin: the natural history museum versus nature
Retrospect: Pre-Raphaelite painting and the history of science
Conclusion: the Pre-Raphalites and science today.