Foreword to Second Edition, Marcus du Sautoy
Foreword to First Edition, I. M. James
Introduction: Eight centuries of mathematical traditions, John Fauvel
PART I: EARLY DAYS
1. Medieval Oxford, John North
2. Renaissance Oxford, John Fauvel and Robert Goulding
3. Mathematical instruments, Willem Hackmann
PART II: THE 17th CENTURY
4. The first professors, Allan Chapman
5. John Wallis, Raymond Flood
6. Edmond Halley, Allan Chapman
PART III: THE 18th CENTURY
7. Oxford's Newtonian school, Allan Chapman
8. Georgian Oxford, John Fauvel
9. Thomas Hornsby and the Radcliffe Observatory, Allan Chapman
PART IV: THE VICTORIAN ERA
10. The 19th century, Keith Hannabuss
11. Henry Smith, Keith Hannabuss
12. Charles Dodgson, Robin Wilson
13. James Joseph Sylvester, John Fauvel
PART V: THE MODERN ERA
14. The 20th century, Margaret E. Rayner
15. Some personal reminiscences, Sir Michael Atiyah
Epilogue: Recent developments, Peter M. Neumann