Index

abg paper 12‑11

0th Law of Thermo 2‑6, 23

1st Law of Thermo 2‑23

2001 A Space Odyssey 12‑12, 3‑14

26 million‑year cycle in fossils 12‑2

2nd Law of Newton 3‑10

2nd Law of Thermo 2‑23, 25

3 K cosmic microwaves 12‑11

3‑D movies 8‑32

3K cosmic radiation, xiii

3‑mile Island 5‑31

3rd Law of Newton 3‑3

3rd Law of Thermo 2‑23, 25

4th dimension 11‑2

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a = F/m 3‑10

a = v²/R 3‑13

Abbott and Costello 1‑14(f)

ABM 1‑24

absolute temperature scale 2‑9

absolute zero 2‑8, 9

AC 6‑26

AC to DC conversion 10‑16

AC vs DC 6‑25

acceleration limit, human 3‑13

acceleration of gravity g 3‑10

acceleration, airplane 3‑13

acceleration, circular 3‑13

acceleration, rail gun 3‑12

acceleration, Space Shuttle 3‑12

accelerator 11‑6

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 4‑20 (f)

accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), xiii

accommodation of eye 8‑24

acronym laser 10‑6

acronyms, cutest in physics 12‑6

acting to look old 8‑25

action and reaction 3‑16

action movies 3‑18

aerodynamic smoothing 3‑11

aerosol cans 9‑16

Afghanistan 1‑11

age from radioactivity 4‑20

age of universe 12‑10

aimant 6‑12

air conditioner 2‑22 , 23

air conditioners and CFCs 9‑16

air pressure for satellites 3‑23

air pressure on mountain 3‑23

air resistance, auto 3‑11

Air, Earth, Water, Fire 2‑16

airbags 2‑18

airplane 3‑20

airplane to space 3‑20

airplane twin effect 11‑5

airplane wake dangers 3‑21

airplane, solar 1‑19 , 20

airplanes replace cars 10‑31

al Qaeda 4‑14

Alabama, USS 3‑23

Alamogordo 5‑14 5‑17

Albatross, Gossimer 1‑20, 21

albedo 9‑17

alcohol energy 1‑4

alcohol radioactivity 4‑1

alcohol radioactivity 4‑21

algorithm 10‑20

Alien (movie) 7‑7

Allen, Bryan 1‑20

alpha beta gamma paper 12‑11

alpha centauri 12‑2

alpha particle becomes helium 4‑21

alpha particles tunnel 10‑29

alpha particles; plutonium 5‑25

alpha rays, alpha particles 4‑14

alphabet binary code 8‑3

Alpher, Ralph 12‑11

Altamont Pass 1‑21

alternating current (AC) 6‑25

alternating current 6‑26

Alvarez, Luis 4‑24, 5

Alvarez, Luis 5‑36

Alvarez, Luis, xiii

AM radio 9‑22

amino acid, natural creation 12‑7

amorphous silicon 10‑12

amperes 6‑3

amplifier 10‑18

AMS 4‑20(f)

AMS, xiii

Andromeda galaxy 12‑3

Andromeda, light years 12‑8

angular momentum 3‑25, 26

animal electricity 6‑9

Antarctica 9‑14 9‑16

Anti‑Ballistic Missile 1‑24

antimatter 4‑5

antimatter engine 11‑9

anti‑matter in medical imaging 9‑29

antimatter in science fiction 11‑10

anti‑satellite weapon (laser) 10‑10

anvil head clouds 7‑18

apoptosis 5‑5

archeology dates 4‑20

Aristotle four elements 2‑16

Armageddon (movie) 1‑2

ASAT 10‑10

ASCII code 8‑3

asteroid energy 1‑23

asteroid energy 1‑4

asteroid formation 12‑1

asteroid hits earth 3‑17

asteroid impact 1‑1

asteroid impact 2‑1

asteroid impact 4‑24

asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 3‑8

astronaut speed 11‑4

astronomy using IR 9‑21

atmosphere in evening 7‑11

atmosphere temperature vs altitude 7‑17

atmosphere, "normal" temp 7‑11

atom bomb and Einstein 11‑12

atom size 4‑2

atom smasher 11‑6

atom structure 4‑2

atom, image of 4‑1

atom, photo of 10‑30

atom: nucleus + electrons 4‑2

atomic bomb ; use of term 5‑3

atomic number 4‑3

atomic secrets 5‑37

atoms and heat 2‑1

atoms, kinds 2‑2

Austin, Thomas 5‑7

Australia rabbits 5‑7

Australia solar car race 1‑19, 20

auto air resistance 3‑11

auto airbags 2‑18

auto fuel efficiency 3‑11

auto kinetic energy 1‑23

auto pollution 2‑22

auto runs on coal? 1‑12

auto, battery powered 1‑6, 7

auto, hybrid 1‑8

auto, solar 1‑19

automobile explosions in engine 2‑19, 20

automobile; electricity generation 6‑20

autos don't explode 1‑11

avalanche 5‑9

avalanche of photons (laser) 10‑6

avalanche, in night vision 10‑14

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babble 3‑19(f)

Babylon, Tower of 3‑19(f)

Back to the Future (movie) 11‑15

backpacking 9‑8

Bacon, Frances 6‑12

bacteria and UV 9‑13

bacteria as chain reaction 5‑8

ballast tanks 3‑23

balloon altitude limit 3‑24

balloon, hot air 3‑22

balloons 3‑18, 21

band, marching 7‑32

Bang, The Big 12‑10

bar code reading 10‑8

Bardeen, John 10‑19

Bardeen, John 10‑21

Barrier Islands 3‑24

bats ultrasound 9‑32

battery cost 1‑7

battery energy 1‑4, 6

battery powered car 1‑6, 7

battery recharges 1‑7

BCS theory of superconductivity 10‑21

bead retroreflector 8‑26

bear eyes light up 8‑26

beats 7‑27

beaver, and Charles Townes 10‑11

Bednorz, Georg 6‑6

Beetle (Volkswagen) 2‑22

before the Big Bang 12‑15

beginning of the universe 12‑10

Bell Telephone Labs 10‑19

Bernoulli’s Law 3‑20 (f)

beta 11‑3

beta rays, beta particles 4‑14

Bethe, Hans 12‑11

Bevatron 11‑10

Bhopal tragedy 5‑31

bicycle 3‑25

bifocal lens 8‑25

Big Bang ‑ explosion of space 12‑15

Big Bang ‑ helium creation 12‑12

Big Bang 12‑10

Big Bang, cause 12‑15

Big Dipper 12‑4

bimetallic strip 2‑14

bin Laden, Osama 9‑10

binary bits 8‑3

binary code for alphabet 8‑3

bird on power line 6‑4

bit 8‑3

black body cosmic microwaves 12‑11

black hole 3‑1

black hole 3‑15, 16

black hole from the Earth 12‑14

black hole in center of galaxy 12‑14

black hole in Milky Way 12‑4

black hole, Cygnus X‑1 12‑14

black hole, in general relativity 12‑13

black light 9‑12

black to radar 8‑17

blood cell 2‑3

blue frequency 8‑4

blue‑white 9‑4

body imaged in IR 9‑30

Bohr, Neils 10‑2 10‑4

bone, measuring age 4‑20

boosted fission bomb 5‑19

border (US/Mexico) 9‑1

Border Patrol 9‑1

bothersome thoughts about the Universe 12‑14

botulism toxin 4‑25

brain image, PET 9‑30

Brattain, W. 10‑19

breast cancer image 9‑31

breeder reactor 5‑24

brilliant pebbles 1‑24

British Thermal Unit (BTU) 1‑15

Bronx High School of Science, xiii

Bronx, south, xiii

brown is white 9‑5

Brown, Robert 2‑3 (f)

Brownian motion 2‑3

Browning, Robert 5‑7

Brownlee, Don 12‑7

Bryan Allen 1‑20

BTU (British Thermal Unit) 1‑15

bubbly water, sinking 3‑22

bullet energy 1‑4

bullwhip 7‑25

buoyancy 3‑22

butter energy 1‑4

buzz 7‑29

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C‑14 (radiocarbon) 4‑16

C‑14 dating 4‑20

cab fairing 3‑11

California 50 GW 1‑17

calorie 1‑15

calorie (definition) 1‑3

Calutron 5‑14; Iraqi 5‑15; photo 5‑15

camera 8‑11

camera, compared to pinhole camera 8‑23

camera, digital 10‑12

camera, pinhole 8‑11 8‑12

cancellation of electron wave 10‑2

cancellation, in oil slick 8‑10

canceling waves 7‑26

cancer and radiation 4‑6

cancer and radiation 4‑7

cancer cured with radiation 4‑13

cancer from Hiroshima 4‑10, 11

cancer paradox 4‑10

cancer; as chain reaction 5‑5

cancers from Chernobyl 4‑10

candle flame 2‑17

Candu 5‑22 5‑23

capacitance 6‑8

car air resistance 3‑11

car airbags 2‑18

car fuel efficiency 3‑11

car kinetic energy 1‑23

car pollution 2‑22

car runs on coal? 1‑12

car, battery powered 1‑6, 7

car, solar 1‑19

carbon creation in stars, not Big Bang 12‑12

carbon dioxide and warming 2‑1

carbon dioxide increase 9‑19

carbon dioxide pollution 1‑10

carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas 9‑18

carbon on Earth 12‑1

carbon‑11 and PET 9‑29

carbon‑14 (radiocarbon) 4‑16

carbon‑14 dating 4‑20

carburetor 1‑11

car‑in‑parking‑lot effect 9‑17

cars don't explode 1‑11

cassette player 6‑17

CAT 9‑28

cat eye lights up 8‑26

cat lands on feet 3‑25

cat whisker 10‑17

cathode ray tube 10‑19

cathode rays 4‑15

cauterize wounds 10‑11

CCCs 1‑4, 5

CCD 10‑13

CD case 8‑31

CDs and DVDs 10‑8

cell phone dangers 9‑24

cell phone radiation 4‑15

cells in body 5‑4

Celsius 2‑7, 8

Centigrade 2‑7, 8

centrifuge 3‑14

centrifuge 5‑16; Libya 5‑16; Pakistan 5‑17

Centurian (solar plane) 1‑19, 20

ceramic tiles 2‑10

Ceres 3‑20

cesium‑137 4‑18

cesium‑137 5‑32

CFCs 7‑18

CFCs 9‑16

CH4 energy 1‑4

chain reaction

quantum 10‑5

avalanche 5‑9

bacteria 5‑8

bomb 5‑3

cancer 5‑5

chess 5‑1

compound interest 5‑10

computer Moore’s Law 5‑10

computer virus 5‑9

DNA 5‑7 5‑8

Fermi experiment 5‑13

fetus growth 5‑4

folding paper 5‑12

lightning 5‑10

mass extinction 5‑6

patent 5‑13

PCR 5‑7

sustained 5‑22

tree branches 5‑12

urban legend 5‑9

virus 5‑8

channel capacity 8‑3

charge; quantized 6‑3

charge‑coupled device 10‑13

chemotherapy 4‑13

Chernobyl 4‑8, 9, 10

Chernobyl 5‑30 5‑32

map 4‑9

photo 4‑9

chess 5‑1

chest x‑ray 4‑11, 12

Chicxulub crater 3‑8

China syndrome 5‑30

China, carbon dioxide production 9‑20

chlorine 9‑16

in atmosphere 7‑18

chlorofluorocarbons 9‑16

chocolate chip cookies 1‑3

circuit breaker 6‑5

circular acceleration 3‑13

circular motion water waves 7‑7

Clancy, Tom 7‑16

Clarke, Arthur C. 3‑19, 12‑12

classified facts 5‑37, 7‑2

clean water 9‑13

cleaning statues with lasers 10‑9

clock, universal 11‑14

cloud chamber 4‑5

CO₂ pollution 1‑10

coal

disadvantages 1‑12

energy 1‑4

dirt cheap 1‑12

reserves 1‑11

coax cable 6‑4

cobalt‑60 4‑18

cobra and Muller, xiii

Coca Cola Calories 1‑3, 1‑21

coherence time 10‑7

coherent light 10‑7

cold death 2‑7

Cold War 7‑16

Coliseum, Rome 10‑8

collimated laser light 10‑7

color 8‑4

and temperature 9‑4

color blind 8‑8

oil slick 8‑9

perception 8‑8

printed 8‑9

quantization 10‑3

sun 8‑7

Columbia Space Shuttle 2‑9

Columbia University, xiii

comb electricity 6‑7

comet 12‑2

bad omen 12‑2

cloud 12‑2

crash 1‑1

dinosaurs 1‑1, 12‑2

hits earth 3‑17

impact 2‑1, 4‑24

killed the dinosaurs 3‑8

comma 12‑2

compass, magnetic 6‑11

Compton scattering 9‑23,10‑15

computer

circuits 10‑20

cycle 2‑4

computer (continued) hard drive 6‑17

quantum 10‑31

screen 4‑24

virus 5‑9

white illusion 8‑7

computer‑aided tomography (CAT) 9‑28

concentrator solar cell 10‑12

conduction 2‑15, 16, 24

conductor 6‑4

cones (eye) 8‑6

conservation bomb 5‑6

conservation of energy 1‑14

in quantum physics 10‑27

contagious radioactivity 4‑23

continuum colors 10‑4

contraction when cooled 2‑14

contraction, Lorentz 11‑6

control rods 5‑23

controlled thermonuclear fusion 5‑33

convection 2‑24, 3‑24

convict criminals using DNA 5‑8

cookie energy 1‑4, 5

cool colors, roofs 9‑5

cooling tower 5‑31

photo 5‑32

Cooper pairs 10‑21

Cooper, Leon 10‑21

core of Earth is liquid 7‑24

Core, The (movie) 6‑22

cornea 8‑24

corner reflector 8‑14

radar 8‑15

cosmic microwave background radiation xiii, 2‑7 (f),12‑11

cosmic rays, radiation 4‑15

cosmology (unit of charge) 12‑1

coulomb 6‑2

counterfeit diamond 8‑20

counting seconds for earthquake 7‑22

Creation (poem) 12‑19

Cretaceous period 1‑1

Crimson Tide (movie) 3‑22

critical mass 5‑13

crossed polaroids 8‑31

CRT 10‑19

crush depth 3‑22

crust of Earth 4‑22

CTF 5‑33

cubic zirconia 8‑20

Curie temperature 6‑18

Curie, Pierre 6‑18

current, electric 6‑3

curved space 12‑14

cutest acronyms in physics 12‑6

cyan, magenta, yellow 8‑9

Cygnus X‑1 3‑16

CZ (cubic zirconia) 8‑20

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Daguerre, Louis 8‑12

dark energy 12‑9

dark matter 12‑5

Darwin, Charles 4‑26

dating, potassium‑argon 6‑22

David and Goliath 3‑5

Davis, Marc 12‑2

Dawn satellite mission 3‑20

de Beers cartel 8‑21

death from radiation 4‑6

decay, radioactive 4‑17

deep aspects of quantum physics 10‑23

Deep Impact (movie) 1‑2

Deep Space image 12‑4, 12‑7

deflagration 1‑6, 2‑19 (f)

degrees in temperature 2‑8

dentistry with lasers 10‑9

Denver radiation 4‑11

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) 5‑7

depleted uranium 5‑26

detonation 1‑6

deuterium 4‑3

developing nations 9‑13

lighting for 10‑18

TV 3‑6

dew 9‑8

dialogue on relativity 11‑1

diamonds 8‑19

counterfeit 8‑20

die but don't age 4‑17

diet vs exercise 1‑21

diffraction 8‑27

digestion 1‑5

digital camera 10‑12

dilation of time 11‑2

dimension, meaning 11‑2

dinosaur death 1‑1, 1‑24, 2‑1, 3‑8,17,

iridium 4‑24

mammal recovery 5‑6

diode

laser 10‑18

rectifier 10‑16

direct current (DC) 6‑25

dirty bomb 4‑13, 14

disk drive 6‑17

disk microphone 7‑19

dismal science ‑ economics 5‑6

Disney, Walt 6‑27

Disneyland 8‑14, 9‑12

disorder 2R