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Photochemistry
atomic light signatures, 82
Photons
E = mc2, 111
Photosynthesis. See also Oxygen; Plants
importance of, 45
origins of discovery, 45–46
Physics. See also Atomic bonding; E = mc2;
Energy and matter; Geophysics; Particle
physics; Quantum physics; Quantum
theory; Speed of light; Theory of
relativity; Uncertainty Principle
antimatter, 160–61
atoms, 59–60
Big Bang theory, 185–86
dark matter, 211–12
electromagnetic radiation/radio waves,
83–84
isotopes, 133–34
nuclear fission, 178–79
radioactivity, 105–6
superconductivity, 128–29
weak and strong force, 171–72
Physiology. See Antibiotics; Circulatory
system; Hormones; Human anatomy;
Vitamins
Pi-mesons
weak and strong force, 172
Pistons
Boyle’s Law, 19–20
Pitchblende, 105
Plague
vaccinations, 53–54
Planetary motion. See also Galaxies; Law of
falling objects; Laws of motion
importance of, 11
origins of discovery, 11–12
tables of calculations, 12
Planets. See Existence of planets around other
stars
Plants. See also Algae; Animals; Ecosystems;
Photosynthesis
bacteria, 29
complete evolution, 209
continental drift, 138
deep-sea life, 88–89
order in nature, 33–34
radioactive dating, 119–20
theory of evolution, 79–80
Plasma. See Blood plasma
Plate tectonics. See also Continental drift;
Seafloor spreading
fault lines, 126–27
Polonium, 105–6
Positrons
antimatter, 161
Potassium
electrochemical bonding, 61–62
Priestley, Joseph
oxygen, 43–44
Principia, 32
Prism
atomic light signatures, 82
Protein molecules
vitamins, 118
Proton-electrons
neutrons, 163–64
Protons. See also Electrons; Quarks
antimatter, 160–61
Big Bang theory, 186
isotopes, 133–34
nuclear fission, 178–79
quantum theory, 148–49
Uncertainty Principle, 153
weak and strong force, 171–72
Protozoa, 29
Ptolemy
Jupiter’s moons, 13
law of falling objects, 9
Ptolemy’s model, 5–6
Pulsars. See Quasars and pulsars
Pure air. See also Oxygen
matter, 47
Quanta
atomic bonding, 132
E = mc2, 111
Quantum electrodynamics
antimatter, 160
Quantum mechanics
antimatter, 160–61
quantum theory, 148–49
Quantum physics
antimatter, 160
strangeness, 204
weak and strong force, 171
Quantum theory
Big Bang theory, 186
importance of, 148
origins of discovery, 148–49
superconductivity, 129