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Index
C
Canonical conjugates 89
Cave Allegory 11
CERN 171, 175, 182
Cern’s 239
Coalsack 195
Coherent 97
Collapse of the wave function 89,
91, 256
Colour 176, 178
Colour force 178
Common sense 78, 85, 86, 92, 94,
98, 105, 107, 123, 273
Compactification 184
Completeness 66, 69
Complex 86
Complexity 30, 32, 37
Complexity theory 260
Complex numbers 66
Concordance model 226, 228, 230,
254
Conservation Laws 95
Consistency 69
Copernic 252
Copernican system 18
Copernicus 17, 192, 249
Corpuscular theory of light 125
Cosmic Concordance Model 227
Cosmic microwave background 206,
207, 211, 218, 225, 241, 283
Cosmic rays 113
Cosmogony 26, 190
Cosmological constant 199
Cosmology 192
D
Dark energy 58, 182, 226, 229, 230
Dark matter 58, 182, 220, 223, 227,
284
Darwin 249
de Broglie 85
Democritus 83
Determinism 87
Devil’s fork 8
Diffraction 13, 81, 86, 90, 157
Diffraction pattern 93
Dimensionless units 34, 35
Dirac 159, 239
Dirac equation 153
Dirac Sea 154
Dispersion 80
Doppler Effect 203
Duality 13
Dust clouds 195
E
Eddington 128
Einstein 30, 46, 66, 96, 113, 116,
121, 123, 125, 136, 148, 184,
198, 217, 224, 243–245, 260
Einstein’s field equations 129
Einstein’s theory of relativity 91, 167
Einstein ring 135
Electromagnetic radiation 84
Electromagnetic waves 80
Electromagnetism 107, 149, 167
Electron 152, 157, 161
Electron diffraction 90
Electroweak interaction 170, 175
Electroweak theory 175
Empiricism 28
Empiricist 250, 251
Enrico Fermi 168, 169
Entangled 95
Entanglement 96, 245
Entropy 31, 219
Epps and Hudson 220
Ernest Rutherford 147
Erwin Schrödinger 87
Euclid 27, 42, 43
Euclidean geometry 43
Event horizon 131
Evolution of Modern Humans 24
Existence 11
Expanding universe 197, 198, 200
Index
C
Canonical conjugates 89
Cave Allegory 11
CERN 171, 175, 182
Cern’s 239
Coalsack 195
Coherent 97
Collapse of the wave function 89,
91, 256
Colour 176, 178
Colour force 178
Common sense 78, 85, 86, 92, 94,
98, 105, 107, 123, 273
Compactification 184
Completeness 66, 69
Complex 86
Complexity 30, 32, 37
Complexity theory 260
Complex numbers 66
Concordance model 226, 228, 230,
254
Conservation Laws 95
Consistency 69
Copernic 252
Copernican system 18
Copernicus 17, 192, 249
Corpuscular theory of light 125
Cosmic Concordance Model 227
Cosmic microwave background 206,
207, 211, 218, 225, 241, 283
Cosmic rays 113
Cosmogony 26, 190
Cosmological constant 199
Cosmology 192
D
Dark energy 58, 182, 226, 229, 230
Dark matter 58, 182, 220, 223, 227,
284
Darwin 249
de Broglie 85
Democritus 83
Determinism 87
Devil’s fork 8
Diffraction 13, 81, 86, 90, 157
Diffraction pattern 93
Dimensionless units 34, 35
Dirac 159, 239
Dirac equation 153
Dirac Sea 154
Dispersion 80
Doppler Effect 203
Duality 13
Dust clouds 195
E
Eddington 128
Einstein 30, 46, 66, 96, 113, 116,
121, 123, 125, 136, 148, 184,
198, 217, 224, 243–245, 260
Einstein’s field equations 129
Einstein’s theory of relativity 91, 167
Einstein ring 135
Electromagnetic radiation 84
Electromagnetic waves 80
Electromagnetism 107, 149, 167
Electron 152, 157, 161
Electron diffraction 90
Electroweak interaction 170, 175
Electroweak theory 175
Empiricism 28
Empiricist 250, 251
Enrico Fermi 168, 169
Entangled 95
Entanglement 96, 245
Entropy 31, 219
Epps and Hudson 220
Ernest Rutherford 147
Erwin Schrödinger 87
Euclid 27, 42, 43
Euclidean geometry 43
Event horizon 131
Evolution of Modern Humans 24
Existence 11
Expanding universe 197, 198, 200