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cytosine,
1

Dallas, Texas,
1
Dalrymple, David,
1
n. 13
dark energy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
n. 16,
5
n. 13
dark matter,
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,
2
,
3
,
4
n. 15
Darwin, Charles,
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2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
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9
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10
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11
,
12
n. 2,
13
nn. 3, 4;
1. The Origin of Species
  ,
  1
Davisson, Clinton,
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,
2
n. 8
Dawkins, Richard,
1
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2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
;
1. The Blind Watchmaker
  ,
  1
DC (direct current),
1
,
2
de Broglie, Louis,
1
,
2
n. 14
dead, burial of,
1
decay,
1
,
2
,
3
n. 12
decimal,
1
Deep Time,
1
democracy,
1
Democritus,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
n. 3
dendrites,
see
neurons
Dennett, Daniel,
1
density,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
n. 13
design, illusion of,
1
,
2
deuterium,
1
n. 2
developing countries,
1
Diamond, Jared,
1
,
2
,
3
diarrhoea,
1
Dickens, Charles,
1
Dickinson, Emily,
1
Diller, Phyllis,
1
dinosaurs,
1
,
2
,
3
diploid,
1
Dirac, Paul,
1
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
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6
,
7
,
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,
9
,
10
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14
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,
16
,
17
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18
,
19
nn. 5, 12;
20
n. 13;
1. copying,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  n. 6;
2. crossover,
  1
  ;
3. information storage,
  1
  n. 4;
  2
  n. 8;
4. human,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
5. mitochondrial,
  1
  n. 13;
6. mutation,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
7. packaging,
  1
  n. 10;
8. plant,
  1
  ;
9. protein expression,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
10. redundancy,
  1
  ;
11. structure,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  n. 4;
12. supercoiling,
  1
  n. 10;
13. see also
  adenine, chromosomes, cytosine, guanine, human beings, thymine
Dobzhansky, Theodosius,
1
dogs,
1
,
2
,
3
n. 6
domestic appliances,
1
,
2
,
3
dopamine,
1
doping,
see
atoms: doping doppelgänger,
1
–9
dot-com bubble,
1
,
2
n. 2
Drake Passage,
1
Durant, Will,
1

Eagle pub, Cambridge,
1
n. 6
Earth,
1
;
1. age,
  1
  ;
2. atmosphere,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  n. 13,
  7
  n. 1;
3. biosphere,
  1
  ;
4. core,
  1
  ;
5. crust,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
6. equator,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  nn. 5, 8;
  8
  nn. 10, 11;
7. equatorial regions,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 7,
  3
  n. 5;
8. formation,
  1
  n. 5;
9. gravity,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
10. habitability,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
11. heat,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  nn. 5, 8;
  9
  , n. 16,
  10
  n. 1;
12. interior,
  1
  ;
13. magnetic field,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
14. magnetic poles,
  1
  ;
15. mantle,
  1
  ;
16. northern/southern hemipheres,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  n. 11,
  7
  n. 16;
17. orbit,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  n. 8,
  9
  n. 23;
18. polar band,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 12;
19. polar regions,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 5;
20. poles,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  n. 8,
  6
  nn. 10, 11, 12;
  7
  n. 17;
21. rotation,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 9,
  3
  nn. 10, 12;
22. seasons,
  1
  ,
  2
  nn. 16, 17;
23. size,
  1
  ;
24. solstices,
  1
  ;
25. spin axis,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  n. 8,
  5
  n. 17;
26. strata,
  1
  ;
27. stratosphere,
  1
  ;
28. subsolar point,
  1
  ;
29. temperature,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  n. 16,
  8
  n. 10;
30. tropical band,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 12;
31. troposphere,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
32. see also
  air, climate, continental crust, continental drift, Milanković cycles, oceanic crust, Snowball Earths, tectonic plates, weather systems
earthquakes,
1
,
2
,
3
ecology,
1
economics,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
n. 2;
1. see also
  econophysics, inflation, protectionism, stagnation, subsidy, trade
econophysics,
1
eddies,
see
vortices
Eddington, Arthur,
1
,
2
,
3
Edison, Thomas,
1
,
2
,
3
n. 8
efficiency,
see
energy
egg(s),
see
ovum/ova
Einstein, Albert,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
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,
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n. 11,
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n. 12,
23
n. 20,
24
n. 5,
25
n. 6
infra
,
26
n. 8,
27
n. 9,
28
n. 11,
29
n. 13
electric current,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
n. 5;
1. voltage,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  n. 18;
2. see also
  AC, DC
electric field,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
nn. 15, 17;
7
n. 20,
8
n. 5
electric force,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
n. 2,
5
n. 11
electric generator,
1
,
2
electric motor,
1
,
2
electricity,
1
,
2
,
3
n. 5,
4
n. 10;
1. charge imbalance,
  1
  ,
  2
  nn. 7, 9;
  3
  n. 13;
2. domestic supply,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  n. 17;
3. insulation,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 17,
  3
  n. 17;
4. long-distance transmission,
  1
  ;
5. within cells,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 17;
6. see also
  conductors, domestic appliances, National Grid, power stations, semiconductors, wire coil
electrodynamics,
1
electromagnetic fields,
1
electromagnetic force,
1
,
2
,
3
electromagnetic spectrum,
1
n. 11
electromagnetic waves,
1
,
2
electromagnetism,
1
,
2
,
3
n. 4;
1. Maxwell’s theory of,
  1
electron degeneracy pressure,
1
n. 15
electron-neutrinos,
see
neutrinos
electron waves,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
n. 3,
5
n. 15,
6
n. 19,
7
n. 11
electrons,
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,
2
,
3
,
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,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
nn. 1, 3, 4;
16
nn. 6, 7;
17
n. 2,
18
nn. 3, 4;
19
n. 5,
20
n. 9,
21
nn. 15, 17;
22
n. 5,
23
n. 10,
24
n. 8,
25
n. 14;
1. combination,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 2;
2. indistinguishability,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 19,
  3
  n. 11;
3. orbit,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
4. positively/negatively charged,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  n. 5,
  7
  n. 10,
  8
  n. 13;
5. and quantum theory,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  n. 8,
  6
  n. 15;
6. shell arrangement,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 3;
7. spin,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  nn. 9, 10,
  5
  n. 19,
  6
  n. 11
electroweak force,
1
elements,
1
Eliot, T. S.,
1
ellipse,
1
n. 10
embryo development,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
n. 7
emergence,
1
,
2
employment,
1
endoplastic reticulum,
1
energy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
n. 8;
1. chemical,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
2. density,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 11,
  3
  n. 13;
3. dissipation,
  1
  n. 17;
4. efficiency,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 7;
5. electrical,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
6. explosive,
  1
  ,
  2
  n. 4;
7. generation,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
8. geochemical,
  1
  n. 11;
9. gravitational,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
10. heat,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ,
  9
  ,
  10
  n. 19,
  11
  n. 3,
  12
  n. 7;
11. law of conservation of,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  n. 4,
  7
  n. 6,
  8
  n. 10;
12. liberation of,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
13. light,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ,
  9
  ,
  10
  n. 11;
14. loss,
  1
  ;
15. lowest,
  1
  n. 3;
16. magnetic,
  1
  n. 19;
17. and mass,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ,
  9
  ,
  10
  ,
  11
  n. 5;
18. minimisation,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
19. of motion,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  n. 1,
  6
  n. 14,
  7
  n. 6;
20. nuclear,
  1
  ;
21. orbital,
  1
  ;
22. per person,
  1
  ;
23. requirement,
  1
  ;
24. solar,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 11,
  4
  n. 1;
25. sound,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
26. source, chemical,
  1
  ;
27. surplus,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 6;
28. transformation,
  1
  ;
29. ultra-high,
  1
  ;
30. and work,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  n. 1;
31. see also
  dark energy, sunlight

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