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  1. survival,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    n. 1
  2. Susskind, Leonard,
    1
  3. sweating,
    1
    ,
    2
  4. symbiosis,
    1
  5. symmetry,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 6;
    1. rotational,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. time translation,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 6;
    3. translational,
      1
  6. synapses,
    see
    neurons
  7. synthesis,
    1
  8. Syria,
    1
  9. Sze, Arthur,
    1
  1. taus,
    1
    ;
    1. see also
      neutrinos
  2. taxation,
    1
    n. 2
  3. taxi drivers,
    1
    ,
    2
  4. Taylor, Joseph,
    1
  5. tectonic plates,
    1
    ;
    1. see also
      plate tectonics
  6. teeth,
    1
    ,
    2
  7. Tegmark, Max,
    1
    n. 5
  8. telecommunications,
    1
    ,
    2
  9. telescopes,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  10. television,
    1
    ,
    2
  11. temperature,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    n. 3,
    9
    nn. 7, 8, 10;
    10
    n. 13,
    11
    n. 7;
    1. see also
      absolute zero, body temperature, Celsius scale, Earth: temperature, Kelvin scale, Sun: temperature
  12. Terry, John,
    1
  13. Tesla, Nikola,
    1
  14. testes,
    1
  15. testosterone,
    1
  16. thermodynamics,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. first law of,
      1
      ;
    2. second law of,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 8,
      5
      n. 9
  17. Thiomargarita namibiensis
    ,
    1
  18. Thomas, Lewis,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
  19. Thomson, George,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 8
  20. Thomson, J. J.,
    1
  21. thorium,
    1
  22. thunderstorm,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 9
  23. thymine,
    1
  24. Tigris river,
    1
  25. time,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    ,
    15
    ,
    16
    ,
    17
    n. 4,
    18
    n. 3;
    1. ‘arrow’,
      1
      ;
    2. dilation,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. see also
      space–time
  26. tools,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  27. trade,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ;
    1. international,
      1
      ;
    2. and space,
      1
      ;
    3. and time,
      1
      ;
    4. see also
      exchange rate, marketplace, supply and demand
  28. trade winds,
    1
  29. trading circle,
    1
  30. traits,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  31. transatlantic cables,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 4
  32. transformers,
    1
  33. transistors,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    nn. 6, 9
  34. trees,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    n. 1
  35. troposphere,
    see
    Earth: troposphere
  36. Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin,
    1
  37. tuberculosis,
    1
  38. tubulin,
    1
  39. Turing, Alan,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 4
  40. Turkey,
    1
  41. Tutu, Desmond,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 6
  42. Twain, Mark,
    1
    ,
    2
  43. Twitter,
    1
    n. 7,
    2
    n. 17
  44. Tyndall, John,
    1
  45. Tyson, Neil deGrasse,
    1
  1. Uhuru satellite,
    1
  2. ultraviolet light,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 19
  3. uncomputability,
    1
    n. 4
  4. undecidability,
    1
    n. 4
  5. United States,
    1
  6. Universal Turing Machine,
    1
  7. Universe: age,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    n. 18;
    1. and dark energy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. and entropy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      n. 12;
    3. expansion,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      n. 16,
      7
      n. 9,
      8
      n. 18;
    4. formation,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      n. 13,
      9
      nn. 14, 16;
    5. future of,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    6. and galaxies,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 4;
    7. as image,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    8. inflation,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 5;
    9. and light,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      n. 14,
      10
      n. 2;
    10. and mass energy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    11. observable,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 9,
      5
      n. 19;
    12. past of,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      n. 10,
      6
      n. 5,
      7
      n. 8;
    13. perception of,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      ,
      10
      ,
      11
      ,
      12
      ,
      13
      ,
      14
      ,
      15
      n. 5,
      16
      n. 4,
      17
      n. 4;
    14. and quantum theory,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      ,
      10
      ,
      11
      ,
      12
      n. 12;
    15. scale,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 9;
    16. temperature,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      n. 13;
    17. see also
      big bang, cosmic background radiation, event horizon, galaxies, Hawking radiation, ‘last scattering’, multiverse, red shift
  8. University College, London,
    1
  9. uranium,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  10. Uranus,
    1
    n. 2,
    2
    n. 7
  11. US Navy,
    1
  12. uterus,
    1
  1. vacuum,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 10;
    1. false,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 11;
    2. inflationary,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 19
  2. Valéry, Paul,
    1
  3. Van Valen, Lee,
    1
  4. variation,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  5. Velcro,
    1
  6. velocity,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 9
  7. Venus,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 7;
    1. day/year,
      1
      n. 5;
    2. orbit,
      1
      n. 5;
    3. water,
      1
  8. Very Large Array, New Mexico,
    1
  9. vesicles,
    1
  10. Victoria, Queen,
    1
    n. 4
  11. Vienna,
    1
    n. 9
  12. viruses,
    1
    ,
    2
  13. void,
    1
    ,
    2
  14. volcanoes,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ;
  15. eruptions,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. see also
      lava, magma
  16. voltage,
    see
    electric current: voltage
  17. voltage-gated ion channels,
    see
    cells
  18. volume,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 15
  19. vortices,
    1
  1. wages,
    1
    ,
    2
  2. Wallace, Alfred Russel,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 2
  3. war,
    1
    ,
    2
  4. water,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    ,
    13
    ,
    14
    n. 9;
    15
    n. 5,
    16
    n. 16,
    17
    n. 7;
    1. boiling,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. condensation,
      1
      ;
    3. erosion,
      1
      ;
    4. molecular structure,
      1
      ;
    5. power,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    6. swirl direction,
      1
      ;
    7. ultrapure,
      1
      n. 7;
    8. vapour,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      n. 4;
    9. see also
      evaporation, ice: fresh-water, ice, sea ice, steam, wetness
  5. water wheel,
    1
  6. Watson, James,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 6
  7. Watson, Thomas J.,
    1
  8. wavelength,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    n. 14
  9. waves,
    1
    ;
  10. gravitational,
    1
    ;
    1. interference,
      1
      ,
      2
      n. 8;
    2. superposition,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      n. 8;
    3. see also
      light: as waves, quantum waves, radio waves, sound waves
  11. weapons,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  12. Weather Girls,
    1
  13. weather forecasting,
    1
  14. weather systems,
    1
    ;
    1. anticyclones,
      1
      ;
    2. cyclones,
      1
  15. weathering,
    1
  16. Wegener, Alfred,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  17. Weyl, Herman,
    1
  18. Weinberg, Steven,
    1
    ,
    2
  19. wetness,
    1
  20. whales,
    1
    ;
    1. killer whales,
      1
      ;
    2. short-finned
    3. pilot whales,
      1
  21. wheat,
    1
  22. Wheeler, John,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    n. 3
  23. white dwarfs,
    1
  24. Wigner, Eugene,
    1
  25. Wilde, Oscar,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  26. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe,
    1
    n. 18
  27. William the Conqueror,
    1
  28. Williams, Tennessee,
    1
  29. Wilson, Edward O.,
    1
    ,
    2
  30. wind: erosion,
    1
    ;
    1. high-altitude,
      1
      ;
    2. power,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. see also
      jet stream, stellar winds, trade winds
  31. windmills,
    1
  32. Winnipeg, Canada,
    1
  33. wire coil, conducting,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    n. 15
  34. Woese, Carl,
    1
    n. 5
  35. wolf,
    1
  36. Wolpert, Lewis,
    1
    n. 7
  37. womb,
    see
    uterus
  38. work,
    1
    ,
    2
    n. 1,
    3
    n. 7
  39. World War I,
    1
  40. World War II,
    1
  41. World Wide Web,
    1
    ,
    2
  42. worms, intestinal,
    1
  43. Wright, Stephen,
    1
  44. writing,
    1
    ,
    2
  45. WTO (World Trade Organisation),
    1

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