The much-anticipated anthology on Plato's Timaeus -- Plato's singular dialogue on the creation of the universe, the nature of the physical world, and the place of persons in the cosmos -- examining all dimensions of one of the most important books in Western Civilisation: its philosophy, cosmology, science, and ethics, its literary aspects and reception. Contributions come from leading scholars in their respective fields, including Sir Anthony Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate for Physics. Portions of these papers were first presented at the Timaeus Conference, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in September of 2007. Contributors: Ann Bergren; Gabor Betegh; Sean Carroll; Alan Code; Zina Giannopoulou; Verity Harte; Thomas Kjeller Johansen; Charles H Kahn; Anthony J Leggett; Anthony A Long; Stephen Menn; Richard Mohr; Kathryn A Morgan; Alexander P D Mourelatos; Ian Mueller; Thomas M Robinson; Barbara M Sattler; Allan Silverman; Jon Solomon; Anthony Vidler; Matthias Vorwerk; Donald Zeyl.