Index
A
Absolute velocity 108
Accelerated expansion 223
CDM model 227, 228, 230
Action at a distance 130, 148
Alan Guth 242
Albert A. Michelson and Edward W.
Morley 108
Albert Einstein 83, 109, 257
Alexander Ross 127
Alfred North Whitehead 271
Amplitude 86
Anthropic principle 226, 254
Anthropocentrism 248, 254
Anticolour 178, 180
Antimatter 148, 241, 242, 251
Antineutrino 174
Anti-particle 148
A Posteriori 28, 248
A priori 28, 43, 248
Archimedes 29
Arrow of time, the 190
Aristotle 15, 27, 66, 83, 230, 260,
261, 270
Artificial Intelligence 247
Asteroid 14
Atoms 83, 94
Axioms 27, 42, 251, 268
B
Baryon number 176
Baryons 173, 175
Beauty 39, 41, 48, 50–52, 73, 147,
199, 237, 239, 252
Benoit Mandelbrot 33
Bertrand Russell 68, 271
Beta decay 169
Bezold effect 8
Big bang 139, 190, 206, 208, 210,
211, 217, 225, 228, 237, 240
Black body radiation 84, 85, 207,
274
Black hole 70, 121, 131, 132, 139,
218
Bohr’s Correspondence Principle 244
Bosons 168, 173
Brownian motion 83, 146
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A
Absolute velocity 108
Accelerated expansion 223
CDM model 227, 228, 230
Action at a distance 130, 148
Alan Guth 242
Albert A. Michelson and Edward W.
Morley 108
Albert Einstein 83, 109, 257
Alexander Ross 127
Alfred North Whitehead 271
Amplitude 86
Anthropic principle 226, 254
Anthropocentrism 248, 254
Anticolour 178, 180
Antimatter 148, 241, 242, 251
Antineutrino 174
Anti-particle 148
A Posteriori 28, 248
A priori 28, 43, 248
Archimedes 29
Arrow of time, the 190
Aristotle 15, 27, 66, 83, 230, 260,
261, 270
Artificial Intelligence 247
Asteroid 14
Atoms 83, 94
Axioms 27, 42, 251, 268
B
Baryon number 176
Baryons 173, 175
Beauty 39, 41, 48, 50–52, 73, 147,
199, 237, 239, 252
Benoit Mandelbrot 33
Bertrand Russell 68, 271
Beta decay 169
Bezold effect 8
Big bang 139, 190, 206, 208, 210,
211, 217, 225, 228, 237, 240
Black body radiation 84, 85, 207,
274
Black hole 70, 121, 131, 132, 139,
218
Bohr’s Correspondence Principle 244
Bosons 168, 173
Brownian motion 83, 146
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license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63409-4
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