The Canon (52 page)

evolution.
See
natural selection

explosives,
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extinctions, mass,
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exponential growth,
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false positives,
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Faraday, Michael,
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farmers, as scientists,
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fat molecules,
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fault lines,
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See also
plate tectonics

Fear of Physics
(Krauss),
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Feinberg, Andy,
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Feinstein, Alvan,
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fermentation,
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Fermi, Enrico,
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Fermi flex (exercise),
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Ferris, Timothy,
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Feynman, Richard,
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Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago),
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fields, and light,
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Filippenko, Alexei,
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Finding Darwin's God
(Miller),
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Fink, Gerald,
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forces, four fundamental,
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See also
electromagnetism; fields; gravity

fossil fuels,
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fossils

dinosaur,
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formation,
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gaps in record,
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Franklin, Benjamin,
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Fraser, Scott,
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fruit,
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Full, Bob,
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fusion,
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galaxies

distances between,
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formation of,
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irregular,
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stars and,
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types of,
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Galileo
spacecraft,
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Galison, Peter,
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Galvani, Luigi,
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gamma rays,
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gas state,
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gecko,
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Gell-Mann, Murray,
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gene, defined,
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genetics.
See
DNA

geology,
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See also
fossils

geologic time and,
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interdisciplinary nature of,
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nature of research in,
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Gleick, James,
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global warming,
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gold,
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Goldilocks planet,
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goose bumps,
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Gould, Stephen Jay,
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Grand Canyon,
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graphite,
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gravity,
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core of Earth and,
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force fields and,
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formation of universe and,
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inertia and,
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solar system and,
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time and,
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Great Lawn (Central Park),
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Greene, Brian,
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on thinking scientifically,
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guanine,
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Guth, Alan,
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Haeckel, Ernst,
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Haldane, J.B.S.,
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Harper's
(magazine),
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Hazen, Robert,
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heat

center of Earth and,
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chemical reactions and,
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Earth convection and,
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flow of,
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molecular states and,
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thermal conductivity and,
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Heisenberg, Werner,
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helium,
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hemoglobin,
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Herrnstein, Richard,
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Hiaasen, Carl,
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Himalayas,
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Hockfield, Susan,
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Hodges, Kip,
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Hoffmann, Roald,
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Holmes, Arthur,
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Homo sapiens,
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See also
human body

hormone replacement therapy,
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horse evolution,
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How to Lie with Statistics
(Huff),
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Hoyle, Sir Fred,
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Hubble, Edwin P.,
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Hubble Space Telescope,
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Huff, Darrell,
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human body

bacteria in,
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blood clotting in,
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cells and,
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evolution of language and,
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molecular structure of,
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proteins in,
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stellar composition of,
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Human Genome Project,
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human life span,
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hydrogen,
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atomic structure of,
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compounds and,
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free,
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fusion and,
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hydrogen bond,
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hypotheses,
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hypothesis testing,
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ID.
See
intelligent design

immune system,
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Imperial College London,
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impetus theory,
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Indricotherium
("giraffe rhinoceros"),
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inertia, law of,
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Ingersoll, Andy,
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insects, evolution of,
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"instincts,"
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insulation,
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insulin production,
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intelligent design (ID),
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responses to,
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intuitive concepts

scale and,
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scientific thinking and,
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investment decisions,
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ionic bond,
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isotopes,
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Jaffe, Robert,
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Javanese leaf insect,
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Jefferson, Thomas,
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Johanson, Donald,
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Jones, Lucy,
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Joule, James Prescott,
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Joyce, James,
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Kandel, Robert,
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Kant, Immanuel,
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Kelley, Darcy,
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Kennedy, Mary,
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kinetic energy,
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Knoll, Andrew,
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Koehler, Jonathan,
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Krauss, Lawrence,
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Krebs cycle,
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Lancet
(journal),
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language

evolution of,
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mathematics as,
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large numbers, law of,
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laughing gas (nitrous oxide),
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Lebombo Mountains (South Africa),
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Lederman, Leon,
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Lewin, Walter,
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life

cell as basic unit of,
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chemical bonds and,
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chemical reactions and,
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cosmic composition of,
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definition of,
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extraterrestrial,
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geological impact of,
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intelligent design and,
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multicellular, advent of,
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mutation and,
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as no accident,
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origin on Earth,
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persistence of,
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light

astronomy and,
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beginning of universe and,
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electromagnetic spectrum and,
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speed of,
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wall of,
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wavelength and,
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lightning,
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light waves,
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astronomy and,
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Linda Problem,
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Lindquist, Susan,
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Lippard, Stephen,
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liquid state,
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Littlewood, John,
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liver cells,
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Local Group of galaxies,
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Long Island Expressway,
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Loos, Adolf,
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Love Canal,
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Lustig, Cindy,
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M31.
See
Andromeda galaxy

magnetism

electric current and,
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terrestrial,
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Malcolm, Janet,
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Maniatis, Tom,
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Mann, Thomas,
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