248 Index
Liquid mercury
air pressure, 17
Boyle’s Law, 20
superconductivity, 129
Loewi, Otto
neurotransmitters, 144–45
Logarithms
planetary motion, 12
Lorenz, Ed
nature of the atmosphere, 201–2
Lungs
circulatory system, 15
“Magic bullet,” 125
Magma
seafloor spreading, 200
Magnetic fields
fusion, 193
Magnetism. See also Electromagnetic
radiation/radio waves; Electromagnetism
conservation of energy, 74
electrons, 101–2
Mantell, Gideon
dinosaur fossils, 67–68
Mantle. See Earth’s core and mantle
Margulis, Lynn
complete evolution, 208–9
Marine science
coelacanth, 177
Mathematics. See also Nonlinear model
equations
accelerating universe, 218–19
antimatter, 160–61
Big Bang theory, 186
definition of information, 188–89
E = mc2, 111–12
fusion, 192–93
nature of the atmosphere, 201–2
quantum theory, 148
superconductivity, 129
theory of relativity, 114
Uncertainty Principle, 153–54
Matrix mechanics
Uncertainty Principle, 153–54
Matter. See also Antimatter; Dark matter; E =
mc2; Energy and matter
atoms, 59–60
Big Bang theory, 185–86
conservation of, 47–48
definition of information, 188–89
fusion, 192–93
importance of, 47
laws of motion, 31–32
origins of discovery, 47–48
oxygen, 43
photosynthesis, 46
quarks, 203–4
Maxwell, James Clerk
electromagnetic radiation/radio waves, 83–85
Mayor, Michel
existence of planets around other stars,
215–16
McClintock, Barbara
“jumping genes,” 190–91
mDNA
mitochondria, 104
Measurement
accelerating universe, 219
antimatter, 161
Big Bang theory, 185–86
Doppler Effect, 76
E = mc2, 112
existence of planets around other stars,
215–16
fusion, 192–93
matter, 47–48
speed of light, 155–56
Medicine
anesthesia, 57–58
human anatomy, 7–8
Megalosaurus, 68
Meitner, Lise
nuclear fission, 178–80
Mendel, Gregor
heredity, 86–87
Mendeleyev, Dmitri
Periodic Chart of the Elements, 90–91
Mercury. See Liquid mercury
Mesons. See also Pi-mesons
weak and strong force, 172
Metabolism
importance of, 174
origins of discovery, 174–75
Meteorology. See Atmosphere; Atmospheric
layers; Barometer; Oceans, effects on
weather; Weather
Michelson, Albert
speed of light, 155–56
Microbiology
bacteria, 29–30
mitochondria, 103–4
germ theory, 78