The Lying Stones of Marrakech (60 page)

of seventeenth century,
(i)
,
(ii)

of sixteenth century,
(i)

taxonomy and,
(i)
,
(ii)

see also
fossils; science

Parkinson, James,
(i)
,
(ii)

pelagic beds,
(i)
,
(ii)

Persius,
(i)

personality, theory of,
(i)

Peterson, K.J.,
(i)

petrifaction,
(i)
,
(ii)

Philosophie zoologique
(Lamarck),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

phosphatization,
(i)
,
(ii)

phrenology,
(i)
,
(ii)

Physica sacra
(Scheuchzer),
(i)

physicians, Hippocratic oath of,
(i)

Pierian spring,
(i)

Piltdown Man,
(i)
,
(ii)

placebo effect,
(i)

Plato,
(i)

pleasure-seeking gene,
(i)

plesiosaurs,
(i)

Pliny the Elder

death of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n
,
(v)

and fossils,
(i)
,
(ii)

Natural History
by,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Pliny the Younger,
(i)

Plot, Robert,
(i)

Plutarch,
(i)

political correctness,
(i)

Pope, Alexander,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Pozzuoli, pillars of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Pratt, Brian R.,
(i)

Praxiteles,
(i)

Principles of Geology
(Lyell),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

progressionism,
(i)
,
(ii)

prokaryotic grade (unicells),
(i)

proof, nature of,
(i)

psychology,
(i)
,
(ii)

pterodactyls,
(i)

Ptolemaic system,
(i)

Punch Tavern, London,
(i)

Questioning the Millennium
(Gould),
(i)

quotations, fabricated,
(i)

Rappoport, Rhoda,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

realists,
(i)

reality vs. logic,
(i)

“Recessional” (Kipling),
(i)

reductionism,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

relativism,
(i)

religion

epiphanies in,
(i)

science and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

transmutation and,
(i)

Renaissance,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Requiem
(Mozart),
(i)

research

circumstance selected in,
(i)

control of variables in,
(i)

delimitation of,
(i)

double-blind testing in,
(i)

hypothesis testing in,
(i)
,
(ii)

myth of objectivity in,
(i)

relative frequencies in,
(i)

resolvable questions asked in,
(i)

testable models in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

validity in,
(i)

Reznick, D. N.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Rhagoletis
flies,
(i)

Rhea darwinii
,
(i)

Richardson, George,
(i)

robber barons,
(i)

Robinson, Jackie,
(i)

Rockefeller, John D.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Roderick, J. Ignatz,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Roger, Jacques,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Rondelet, Guillaume,
(i)

Roosevelt, Theodore,
(i)

Rose, Pete,
(i)
,
(ii)

Rosen, Baron Otto Karl von,
(i)

Rossi, Paolo,
(i)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
(i)

Royal Botanical Garden, Paris,
(i)

Rupke, Nicolaas A.,
(i)

Ruth, Babe,
(i)
,
(ii)

Safran, Rose,
(i)

Sagan, Carl,
(i)

Saint-Fond, Faujas de,
(i)

St. Paul's cathedral, London,
(i)

Sassoon, Siegfried,
(i)

Saturn

Galileo's study of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Stelluti's study of,
(i)

Saul of Tarsus,
(i)

Scheuchzer, J. J.,
(i)

Schoener, Tom,
(i)

Schuffenecker, Emile,
(i)

science

causality and,
(i)

ceteris paribus
in,
(i)

changing views in,
(i)

commercialism and,
(i)

common applications of,
(i)

discovery in,
(i)
,
(ii)

empiricism in,
see
empirical method

experimental method in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

flexibility in,
(i)

fundamental questions in,
(i)

history and,
(i)
,
(ii)

icons in,
(i)

importance of a work in,
(i)

innovation in,
(i)
,
(ii)

intellectual contexts of,
(i)

learning and,
(i)

l'esprit de système
in,
(i)
,
(ii)

magic and,
(i)

misunderstandings about,
(i)

“modern,” transition to,
(i)

nature of,
(i)

observations tested in,
(i)

popular presentation of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

public funding of,
(i)

as pursuit of great truths,
(i)
,
(ii)

religion and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

research in,
see
research

as secret knowledge,
(i)

society and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

unification as goal of,
(i)

war and,
(i)

worldviews in,
(i)

science writing,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

scientific method,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
;
see also
research

scientific revolution,
“the,”
(i)

scientists

opposing viewpoints of,
(i)

pure objectivity of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

reputations of,
(i)
,
(ii)

Scott, Robert,
(i)

Séchelles, Hérault de,
(i)

second in status

sidekick stereotypes,
(i)

in sports,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Wallace as,
(i)

Sedgwick, Adam,
(i)

sediments

in earth's strata,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

evidence of gradualism in,
(i)

spatial variation in,
(i)

vertical sequences of,
(i)

self-improvement, via autosuggestion,
(i)

Shabbetai Tzevi,
(i)

Shaffer, Peter,
(i)

Shakespeare, William,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Shapiro, L. H.,
(i)

Siamese twins,
(i)

Sidereus mwàtts
(Galileo),
(i)
,
(ii)

silicon dioxide, fossils in,
(i)
,
(ii)

similarity, limiting,
(i)

Simon and Garfunkel,
(i)

Singer, Charles,
(i)

single-mindedness,
(i)

six degrees of separation,
(i)

sloths,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

small shelly fossils (SSF),
(i)

Social Darwinism,
(i)
,
(ii)

Social Statics
(Spencer),
(i)

society,
(i)
,
(ii)

cultural change in,
(i)
,
(ii)

culture wars in,
(i)

division of labor in,
(i)

evolution theory applied in,
(i)

genetics and,
(i)
,
(ii)

heredity vs. environment in,
(i)
,
(ii)

inequalities in,
(i)

laissez-faire,
(i)
,
(ii)

political correctness in,
(i)

robber barons in,
(i)

scientific progress and,
(i)

standards of beauty in,
(i)

technology and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

trade union movement,
(i)

wars,
(i)

workplace and,
(i)

solar sponge,
(i)

Sosa, Sammy,
(i)

sound bites,
(i)

South America, geology of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

space

division of,
(i)

imperception and,
(i)

and lack of competitive interaction,
(i)

Spartacus,
(i)

Spearman, Charles,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

speciation

allopatric,
(i)

sympatric,
(i)

species

adaptions of,
(i)

branching of,
(i)

controlling form of,
(i)

ecological definition of,
(i)

interbreeding of,
(i)

limiting similarity of,
(i)

occupying same space,
(i)

Spencer, Herbert,
(i)

spiritualism,
(i)

SSF (small shelly fossils),
(i)

stalactites, accidental resemblances of,
(i)

statistics,
(i)
,
(ii)

Statue of Liberty,
(i)

steady-state earth,
(i)
,
(ii)

Stein, Leon,
(i)

Steinbeck, John,
(i)

Stelluti, Francesco

on bee anatomy,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

on empirical method,
(i)
,
(ii)

and fossil wood,
(i)

and Galileo,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

and Lynxes,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

sterilization, involuntary,
(i)
,
(ii)

Stromboli, eruption of,
(i)

subsidence theory of coral reefs,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Sue the
Tyrannosaurus
,
(i)

Suleiman the Magnificent,
(i)

Sulloway, Frank,
(i)
,
(ii)

Sumner, William Graham,
(i)
,
(ii)

Sunflowers
(Van Gogh),
(i)

superposition, principle of,
(i)
,
(ii)

survival of the fittest

birth order and,
(i)

coining of term,
(i)

social application of,
(i)

Swift, Jonathan,
(i)

sympatric speciation,
(i)

Systema naturae
(Linnaeus),
(i)

Tacitus,
(i)

Tambora, eruption of,
(i)

Tamerlane,
(i)

taxonomy

of barnacles,
(i)

basic questions of,
(i)
,
(ii)

branching system in,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

by dichotomy,
(i)

of dinosaurs,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

diversity and,
(i)

by external appearance.
(i)
,
(ii)

of fossils,
(i)
,
(ii)

of fossil wood,
(i)
,
(ii)

language and,
(i)

multiple linkages in,
(i)

naming in,
(i)

as theories of knowledge,
(i)

of worms,
(i)
,
(ii)

by zoological affinity,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

technology

amateur,
(i)

and cultural change,
(i)

and the future,
(i)

misuses in war,
(i)
,
(ii)

Western domination of,
(i)

telescope, Galileo and,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

temperament

celebrity and,
(i)
,
(ii)

and four humors,
(i)