The Canon (51 page)

black holes,
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Blair, William,
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Blake, William,
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Blatella germanica
(cockroach),
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Blobel, Gunter,
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blood, clotting of,
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in invertebrates,
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blue-green algae,
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Bohr, Niels,
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bond length,
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bonds

atoms and,
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covalent,
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hydrogen,
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intermolecular,
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ionic,
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metallic,
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molecules and,
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organic chemistry and,
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bones,
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Botstein, David,
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Broad Center for Biological Sciences at Caltech,
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Brown, Michael,
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Buck, Linda,
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Buenos Aires Province,
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butter,
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cacti,
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Calder, Nigel,
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calibration.
See
scale

Cambrian explosion,
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cancer,
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carbon, and life,
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carbon bond,
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carbon cycle,
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carbon dioxide,
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Carey, Susan,
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Cascade Range,
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causation vs. correlation,
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cell

bacterium as,
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basic parts of,
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as basic unit of life,
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carbon and,
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death of,
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intelligent design and,
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persistance of life and,
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proteins and,
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size of,
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strength of,
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cell division,
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chaos,
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charge

conservation of,
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subatomic,
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chemical reactions,
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endothermic,
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exothermic,
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fermentation and,
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life processes and,
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oxidation and,
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chemistry

bonds and,
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chemical transformations,
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insect defenses and,
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states of matter and,
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chronon (Planck time),
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civilizations, life span of,
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Clausius, Rudolf,
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closed system,
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clumping, in statistics,
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coin-tossing exercise,
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collagen,
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Columbus, Christopher,
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comets,
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common ancestor,
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communication

cells and,
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extraterrestrial life and,
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compounds,
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conservation, laws of,
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constellations,
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controls, scientific
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convergent evolution,
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correlation vs. causation,
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cosmic microwave background,
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Coulomb, Charles Augustin de,
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covalent bond,
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cracids (bird family),
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Creationism,
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Creston Avenue (Bronx),
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Crick, Francis,
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crickets,
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critical thinking,
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See also
quantitative reasoning; thinking scientifically

crust,
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See also
plate tectonics

crystals,
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cyanobacteria,
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cynicism,
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cytosine,
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cytoskeleton,
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Danheiser, Rick,
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dark energy,
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Darwin, Charles,
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Darwinism.
See
natural selection

Dawkins, Richard,
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days, naming of,
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DDT,
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deer antlers,
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Democritus,
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Denby, David,
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devil's rider walkingstick,
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diamonds,
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digestion,
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Dillard, Annie,
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DiSalvo, Frank,
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DNA

cell structure and,
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chemical base pairs in,
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cross-species similarities in,
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discovery of,
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evolution and,
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human genome and,
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mitochondrial,
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molecular bonding and,
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proteins and,
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size of,
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stability of,
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structure of,
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as universal code,
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Dobzhansky, Theodosius,
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Doppler effect,
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double helix,
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See also
DNA

Drake, Frank,
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dry ice,
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duck-billed platypus,
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Duff, Michael,
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dynamic equilibrium,
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Earth

age of,
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atmosphere of,
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center of,
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core of,
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crust of,
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geologic profile of,
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mantle of,
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ocean formation and,
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origin of,
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plate tectonics and,
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water and,
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earthquakes

myths about,
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prediction of,
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research on,
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Washington, D.C., and,
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Easterbrook, Gregg,
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E. coli
bacteria,
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egg, as cell,
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Ehrlich, Paul,
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Einstein, Albert,
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Eisner, Tom,
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elasticity,
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electric current,
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electricity, as term,
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electromagnetic spectrum,
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electromagnetism,
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Big Bang and,
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chemical bonds and,
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electric current and,
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as fundamental force,
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as term,
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electrons

atomic bonds and,
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charge and,
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hostility among,
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mass and,
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mobility of,
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size of atom and,
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"spin" and,
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van der Waals force and,
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elements, origin of,
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empty space

atoms and,
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covalent bonds and,
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in universe,
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energy,
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conservation of,
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kinetic (moving),
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origin of universe and,
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potential (stored),
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thermonuclear fusion and,
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entomology,
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entropy,
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enzymes,
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ethanol,
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ethylene,
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Euclid,
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eukaryotes,
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euphorbias,
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evidence

bias and,
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diverse threads of,
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revolutionary ideas and,
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skepticism and,
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