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formation of, 123 Tschermak, Eric von, 22
magnitude implications, 57, 60, tuberculosis, 217
64 67 Twain, Mark, 34
in Ptolemaic model, 57 58 Twort, Frederick, 206 7
radio waves and, 120, 121, 124, 136 2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 156
spectra classification, 55, 56 typhoid, 217
variable. See Cepheid stars Tyrannosaurus rex, 4, 182, 185 200
See also galaxies
static, 120, 121, 123, 126 27 underwater exploration, 155
steel alloys, 106 Unger, Franz, 20
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Unitarianism, 61, 74 75, 76, 87, 89, 95, Vries, Hugo de, 22, 23
174 V-2 rockets, 150
universe
Big Bang and, 69, 86 87, 125, 136 Wakefield, Julie, 217
Copernican vs. Ptolemaic model of, Warrington Academy, 61, 75, 77
10, 57 58 Washington, George, 165, 169
cosmic events, 69 water, composition of, 85, 98
debate on scale of, 66 67 Watson, James, 214 16, 220
expanding, 143 Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, 145 46
Leavitt s legacy for understanding of, Watt, James, 87
71, 179 waves. See light; radio
multiple galaxies in, 3, 117 18 wave theory, 113
See also Earth Wedgwood, Josiah, 79, 87
uranium, 34 Weinberg, Steven, 59
Wells, H. G., 142, 143
Van Allen, James, 157 Wells, Horace, 80
Van Allen Radiation Belts, 118, 157 Wentz, Terry, 191, 197
vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, 219 Westwell, Martin, 218
van Dam, Deborah, 81 Whalen, David J., 159
van de Hulst, H. C., 128, 129 Wheatstone, Charles, 108
Vanguard rockets, 157 Whipple, Fred L., 31, 125, 134
variable stars. See Cepheid stars Wilkins, Maurice, 215, 216
Verne, Jules, 142, 143, 151 Williams, Maurice, 193 97, 199
vertebrates, 17 Wilson, Mike and Elizabeth, 155
Very Large Array, 117, 130, 131 32 Wilson, Robert, 125
Very Long Baseline Array, 130 Wollaston, William, 102 5
very-long-wavelength signals, 133 World Health Organization, 217
vibration, 108, 112, 113 World War I, 145, 205, 211
Vietnam War, 160 World War II, 126 29, 144 50, 159 60,
Virgo constellation, 68, 69 210 12
viruses, 205 7
antibiotic ineffectiveness against, Yale Medical School, 208, 212
216 17 Yucatan Peninsula, 2, 27 28, 148
phages discovery, 206 7, 210
Volta, Alessandro, 97 98 zoology, 164 70
Voyager probes, 143 classification, 16 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]