What a Wonderful World (32 page)

David Barash,
Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

Charles Darwin,
The Origin of the Species

Richard Dawkins,
The Blind Watchmaker

Dylan Evans and Howard Selina,
Evolution: A Graphic Guide

How evolution REALLY works
, http://tinyurl.com/brbpqod

Nick Lane,
Life Ascending

Chris Stringer,
The Origin of Our Species

Chris Stringer and Peter Andrews,
Complete World of Human Evolution

James Watson,
The Double Helix

Mark Buchanan,
Forecast: What Physics, Meteorology and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us about Economics

Ha-Joon Chang,
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

Jared Diamond,
Guns, Germs and Steel

Richard Feynman,
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands,
The Feynman Lectures on Physics,
vol.
II

‘Great Names in Computer Science’, http://www.madore.org/~david/computers/greatnames.html

Tim Harford,
The Undercover Economist

Andrew Hodges,
Alan Turing: The Enigma

Steven Pinker,
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

Matt Ridley,
The Rational Optimist

James Gleick,
Chaos

Edward Lorenz,
The Essence of Chaos

Louise Young,
Earth’s Aura

Peter Atkins,
Four Laws that Drive the Universe

Sander Bais,
Very Special Relativity

Marcus Chown,
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

–
We Need to Talk About Kelvin

Richard Feynman,
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Michael Lockwood,
The Labyrinth of Time

Charles Misner, Kip Thorne and John Wheeler,
Gravitation

Victor Stenger,
Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes

Marcus Chown,
The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead

Martin Rees and Mitchell Begelman,
Gravity’s Fatal Attraction

Caleb Scharf,
Gravity’s Engines

1. absolute zero,
   1
   ,
   2
   n. 7
   
2. AC (alternating current),
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   n. 19
   
3. acceleration,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   ,
   4
   n. 2,
   5
   n. 6
   infra
   ;
   
   1. see also
      gravity
      
4. acetycholine,
   1
   
5. acidity,
   1
   
6. acids,
   1
   ,
   2
   ;
   
   1. fatty acids,
      see
      lipids;
      
   2. see also
      amino acids
      
7. Acorn Computers,
   1
   
8. Ada computer language,
   1
   n. 3
   
9. Adams, Douglas,
   1
   ,
   2
   
10. Adder’s-tongue fern,
    see Ophioglossum vulgatum
    
11. adenine,
    1
    
12. aeroplanes,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 9;
    
    1. Boeing 747,
       1
       
13. Afar, Ethiopia,
    1
    
14. Africa,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ;
    
    1. see also
       South Africa
       
15. Agassiz, Louis,
    1
    
16. agriculture,
    see
    farming
    
17. air,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ;
    
    1. convection,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       n. 8,
       4
       nn. 10, 12;
       5
       n. 16;
       
    2. pressure,
       1
       ;
       
    3. pressure equalisation,
       1
       ;
       
    4. resistance,
       1
       ;
       
    5. in a thunderstorm,
       1
       ,
       2
       nn. 7, 9;
       
    6. see also
       Earth: atmosphere, Hadley circulation cells, vortices, weather systems, wind
       
18. alchemy,
    1
    
19. alcohol,
    1
    
20. algae,
    1
    n. 6;
    
    1. blue-green,
       1
       ,
       2
       
21. alleles,
    1
    
22. Allen, Tim,
    1
    
23. Allen, Woody,
    1
    
24. alpacas,
    1
    
25. Alpha Centauri,
    1
    ,
    2
    
26. alpha particles,
    1
    ,
    2
    
27. altruism,
    1
    
28. alveoli,
    1
    
29. Amazon.com,
    1
    
30. Americans, Native,
    1
    ;
    
    1. see also
       Aztecs, Incas
       
31. Americas,
    1
    ;
    
    1. see also
       North America, South America
       
32. amino acids,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
33. amygdala,
    see
    limbic system
    
34. ancestry,
    1
    n. 13
    
35. Anderson, Philip,
    1
    
36. Andes,
    1
    ,
    2
    
37. Andromeda Galaxy,
    1
    ,
    2
    
38. angular momentum,
    1
    ;
    
    1. law of conservation of,
       1
       ,
       2
       
39. animals,
    1
    ;
    
    1. diseases,
       1
       ;
       
    2. domestication,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       ,
       4
       ,
       5
       ;
       
    3. extinction,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    4. and food,
       1
       ;
       
    5. interbreeding,
       1
       ;
       
    6. mitochondria,
       1
       ;
       
    7. multicellular,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    8. as pets,
       1
       ;
       
    9. as prey,
       1
       ;
       
    10. reproduction,
        1
        ,
        2
        ;
        
    11. respiration,
        1
        ,
        2
        ,
        3
        ,
        4
        ;
        
    12. sight,
        1
        ;
        
    13. single-celled,
        1
        ;
        
    14. stamina,
        1
        ;
        
    15. variation,
        1
        ,
        2
        ,
        3
        ;
        
    16. see also
        bones, clothing, meat, natural selection, nervous system
        
40. Antarctic ice sheet,
    1
    
41. Antarctica,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
42. antibiotics,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    
    1. resistance to,
       1
       
43. anticyclones,
    see
    weather systems
    
44. antimatter,
    1
    
45. antiparticles,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    
    1. electrical charge,
       1
       ;
       
    2. spin,
       1
       
46. anti-quarks,
    1
    
47. ants,
    1
    
48. apes,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    
49. Apollo
    1
    ,
    2
    
50. apoptosis,
    1
    
51. archaea bacteria,
    1
    ,
    2
    nn. 5, 6
    
52. Arctic Sea,
    1
    
53. argon,
    1
    
54. ARM,
    1
    
55. Armstrong, Neil,
    1
    
56. arsenic,
    1
    
57. art and artists,
    1
    ,
    2
    
58. artificial selection,
    1
    
59. asexual reproduction,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
60. Asia,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    
61. Aspect, Alain,
    1
    
62. asteroids,
    1
    
63. astronomy and astronomers,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    
64. @Katharine_T
    1
    m,
    2
    n. 7
    
65. @MrDFJBaileyEsq,
    1
    n. 17
    
66. Atkins, Peter,
    1
    ,
    2
    
67. Atlantic Ocean,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ;
    
    1. see also
       mid-Atlantic Ridge, transatlantic cables
       
68. atomic clock,
    1
    ,
    2
    
69. atoms,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    n. 2,
    15
    n. 15,
    16
    n. 13,
    17
    n. 4,
    18
    n. 5,
    19
    n. 2,
    20
    n. 10,
    21
    n. 7,
    22
    n. 12,
    23
    n. 14;
    
    1. alignment,
       1
       ;
       
    2. doping,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    3. electrically charged,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       n. 6;
       
    4. nucleus,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       ,
       4
       ,
       5
       ,
       6
       ,
       7
       ,
       8
       ,
       9
       ,
       10
       ,
       11
       ,
       12
       ,
       13
       n. 6,
       14
       n. 3,
       15
       n. 14,
       16
       n. 2,
       17
       n. 10,
       18
       nn. 6, 8;
       19
       n. 14;
       
    5. and quantum theory,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       ,
       4
       ,
       5
       ,
       6
       n. 5;
       
    6. structure,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       n. 3;
       
    7. see also
       electrons, leptons, molecules, muons, neutrons, neutrinos, photons, protons, quarks
       
70. ATP (adenosine triphosphate),
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
71. Augarten, Stan,
    1
    
72. austerity,
    1
    
73. Australia,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    
    1. fossils,
       1
       
74. australopithecines
    ,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
75. Australopithecus afarensis
    ,
    1
    
76. Australopithecus anamensis
    ,
    1
    
77. axes,
    1
    
78. axons,
    see
    nerve cells
    
79. Aztecs,
    1
    

1. Babbage, Charles,
   1
   n. 3
   
2. Bacon, Francis,
   1
   
3. bacteria,
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   ,
   4
   ,
   5
   ,
   6
   ,
   7
   ,
   8
   ,
   9
   ,
   10
   ,
   11
   ,
   12
   ,
   13
   nn. 5, 6;
   14
   n. 2,
   15
   n. 6;
   
   1. reproduction,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      n. 3;
      
   2. structure,
      1
      ;
      
   3. see also
      archaea bacteria
      
4. balance,
   1
   ,
   2
   
5. balloon, electrically charged,
   1
   ,
   2
   nn. 9, 10
   
6. balloons, hot-air,
   1
   
7. Bangladesh,
   1
   
8. banking,
   1
   ,
   2
   ;
   
   1. assets,
      1
      ;
      
   2. borrowing,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
      
   3. defaulting,
      1
      ;
      
   4. interest,
      1
      ;
      
   5. investment,
      1
      ;
      
   6. lending,
      1
      ;
      
   7. merchant,
      1
      
9. banking crisis (2008),
   1
   ,
   2
   ,
   3
   ,
   4
   ,
   5
   ,
   6
   n. 2
   
10. Bardeen, John,
    1
    n. 9
    
11. Barings Bank,
    1
    
12. Barry, Dave,
    1
    ,
    2
    
13. baryons,
    1
    
14. battery,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 5
    
15. BBC,
    1
    ,
    2
    
16. Beagle
    , HMS,
    1
    
17. bees,
    1
    
18. Begley, Sharon,
    1
    
19. Bekenstein, Jacob,
    1
    
20. bell curve,
    see
    Gaussian distribution
    
21. Bell Laboratories,
    1
    n. 9
    
22. Bern,
    1
    
23. Berners-Lee, Tim,
    1
    
24. Besso, Michele,
    1
    
25. Bezos, Jeff,
    1
    
26. big bang,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    n. 13,
    14
    n. 5,
    15
    n. 2,
    16
    n. 10,
    17
    n. 4,
    18
    n. 5,
    19
    nn. 14, 16, 18;
    20
    n. 19;
    
    1. inflation,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       
27. binary,
    1
    ,
    2
    
28. binary pulsar, the,
    see
    PSR B1913+16 (binary pulsar)
    
29. Binnig, Gerd,
    1
    n. 3
    
30. biofilms,
    1
    
31. biology and biologists,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    ,
    15
    ,
    16
    ,
    17
    ,
    18
    ,
    19
    ,
    20
    ,
    21
    ,
    22
    ,
    23
    ,
    24
    ,
    25
    ,
    26
    ,
    27
    ,
    28
    ,
    29
    ,
    30
    ,
    31
    ,
    32
    n. 5,
    33
    n. 11,
    34
    n. 7,
    35
    n. 6
    
32. bipedalism,
    1
    
33. bisexuality,
    1
    
34. bison,
    1
    
35. Black, Jonathan,
    1
    n. 6
    
36. black holes,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    n. 4,
    8
    n. 3,
    9
    n. 5;
    
    1. entropy,
       1
       ;
       
    2. singularity,
       1
       ,
       2
       ;
       
    3. stellar-mass,
       1
       ;
       
    4. supermassive,
       1
       ;
       
    5. see also
       Cygnus X-1, Sagittarius A*
       
37. Blair, Tony,
    1
    n. 2
    
38. Blake, William,
    1
    ,
    2
    
39. blood,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 10
    
40. blood cells,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    
41. blood clot,
    1
    
42. blood group,
    see
    genes
    
43. blood vessels,
    1
    
44. Blumenthal, Sidney,
    1
    
45. body temperature,
    1
    
46. Bohr, Niels,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
47. Bollier, David,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    
    1. Silent Theft
       ,
       1
       
48. Boltzmann, Ludwig,
    1
    
49. Boltzmann’s constant,
    1
    n. 9
    
50. Bondi, Hermann,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 5
    
51. bones,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    
52. Boolean logic,
    1
    n. 5
    
53. boom and bust,
    1
    
54. boron,
    1
    
55. bosons,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 15;
    
    1. spin,
       1
       n. 15;
       
    2. vector,
       1
       ;
       
    3. see also
       Higgs boson
       
56. Bostrom, Nick,
    1
    n. 2
    
57. bottom muscle,
    see gluteus maximus
    
58. Boyle’s law,
    1
    
59. Bragg, William,
    1
    
60. brain, human,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ;
    
    1. brainstem,
       1
       ;
       
    2. cerebellum,
       1
       ;
       
    3. copying,
       1
       n. 13;
       
    4. emotion,
       1
       ;
       
    5. energy use,
       1
       ,
       2
       ,
       3
       ;
       
    6. grey matter,
       1
       n. 17;
       
    7. memory,
       1
       ;
       
    8. reptilian,
       1
       ;
       
    9. size,
       1
       ;
       
    10. weight,
        1
        ;
        
    11. white matter,
        1
        n. 17;
        
    12. see also
        limbic system, neocortex
        
61. brain cells,
    see
    neurons
    
62. brainstem,
    see
    brain
    
63. Brattain, Walter,
    1
    n. 9
    
64. breathing,
    1
    ,
    2
    
65. breeding, deliberate,
    1
    
66. Britain,
    1
    
67. Brno,
    1
    
68. Broome, Western Australia,
    1
    n. 9
    
69. Brown, Robert,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 11
    
70. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom,
    1
    n. 4
    
71. Buchanan, Mark,
    1
    ,
    2
    
72. Bushmen (Kalahari),
    1
    
73. Butler, Samuel,
    1
    
74. butterfly effect,
    see
    chaos theory
    
75. Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
    1
    n. 3