Index
291
Newtonian mechanics 36, 43, 162
Newton’s Corpuscular Theory of
Light 13, 82
Newton’s gravity 130
Newton’s law of gravity 45, 56, 125,
136
Newton’s laws of mechanics 270
Newton’s mechanics 107
Newton’s Principia 87
Newton’s theory of gravity 30, 121,
149
Non-local 149
Not invariant under a Galilean
Transformation 107
Nuclear fission 117
Nuclear forces 148
Nuclear fusion 117, 213
Nulliusinverba 14
Numbers 63
Numerical relativity 133
O
Occam’s Razor 54, 56–58, 91, 222,
224, 254
Olber’s Paradox 192, 195, 207, 208,
222
Optical Illusion 8
Origin of time 197, 205
Ouroboros 29, 240
P
Pair production 154
Paradox 112, 194, 282
Particles 146
Particle zoo 166, 167, 172, 179, 184
Paul Dirac 52, 57, 147, 161
Paul Erdös 28
Pauli exclusion principle 151, 173,
178
Periodic table of the elements 151
Photoelectric effect 84
Photons 84, 85, 92, 117, 125, 134,
146, 156, 157
Pierre de Fermat 45
Pion 169, 179
Planck 168
Planck’s constant 58, 84, 89
Planets 190
Plato 11, 260
Plato’s Slaves 241
Platonic 250
Platonism 28
Polarization 81
Popper 134
Positron 147, 154, 157
Post-Empiricism 239
Principia Mathematica 46, 68, 271
Principle of equivalence 122, 123
Protons 147, 168
Ptolemaic model 18, 192
Ptolemy 51, 52, 192
Pulsar 137, 278
Q
Quanta 84
Quantum Biology 246
Quantum Chromodynamics 180,
183
Quantum computing 245, 246, 261
Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
155–157, 160, 161, 167, 170,
172, 183, 239
Quantum entanglement 95, 245,
246, 252
Quantum Field Theory 169
Quantum logic 253
Quantum mechanics 13, 19, 30, 36,
46, 72, 77, 78, 85, 87, 98,
115, 125, 134, 149, 155, 156,
207, 217, 245, 252, 257, 274
Quantum numbers 176
Quantum Supremacy 247
Quark 175, 178, 179, 180, 280
Qubit 247
291
Newtonian mechanics 36, 43, 162
Newton’s Corpuscular Theory of
Light 13, 82
Newton’s gravity 130
Newton’s law of gravity 45, 56, 125,
136
Newton’s laws of mechanics 270
Newton’s mechanics 107
Newton’s Principia 87
Newton’s theory of gravity 30, 121,
149
Non-local 149
Not invariant under a Galilean
Transformation 107
Nuclear fission 117
Nuclear forces 148
Nuclear fusion 117, 213
Nulliusinverba 14
Numbers 63
Numerical relativity 133
O
Occam’s Razor 54, 56–58, 91, 222,
224, 254
Olber’s Paradox 192, 195, 207, 208,
222
Optical Illusion 8
Origin of time 197, 205
Ouroboros 29, 240
P
Pair production 154
Paradox 112, 194, 282
Particles 146
Particle zoo 166, 167, 172, 179, 184
Paul Dirac 52, 57, 147, 161
Paul Erdös 28
Pauli exclusion principle 151, 173,
178
Periodic table of the elements 151
Photoelectric effect 84
Photons 84, 85, 92, 117, 125, 134,
146, 156, 157
Pierre de Fermat 45
Pion 169, 179
Planck 168
Planck’s constant 58, 84, 89
Planets 190
Plato 11, 260
Plato’s Slaves 241
Platonic 250
Platonism 28
Polarization 81
Popper 134
Positron 147, 154, 157
Post-Empiricism 239
Principia Mathematica 46, 68, 271
Principle of equivalence 122, 123
Protons 147, 168
Ptolemaic model 18, 192
Ptolemy 51, 52, 192
Pulsar 137, 278
Q
Quanta 84
Quantum Biology 246
Quantum Chromodynamics 180,
183
Quantum computing 245, 246, 261
Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
155–157, 160, 161, 167, 170,
172, 183, 239
Quantum entanglement 95, 245,
246, 252
Quantum Field Theory 169
Quantum logic 253
Quantum mechanics 13, 19, 30, 36,
46, 72, 77, 78, 85, 87, 98,
115, 125, 134, 149, 155, 156,
207, 217, 245, 252, 257, 274
Quantum numbers 176
Quantum Supremacy 247
Quark 175, 178, 179, 180, 280
Qubit 247