The Grand Design

Air, discovery of

Almagest (Ptolemy)

Alternative histories. See also Quantum physics/quantum theoryFeynman diagrams andFeynman’s sum over histories and the past andquantum vs. Newtonian worlds anduniverse and

Anaximander

Anthropic principlestrong anthropic principleweak anthropic principle

Antimatter

Anti-quarks (pi mesons)

Anti-realists

Apparent laws of nature

Aquinas, Thomas

Archimedes

Aristarchus

Aristotlecreation as deliberate designfour-element theoryon no exceptions to natural lawsrate of falling objects theoryreason for principles of natureuse of reason instead of observation

Asymptotic freedom

Atomism

Atomshydrogen, Lamb shift andquarks, protons, and neutronsstrong nuclear force and

Augustine of Hippo, St.

Babylonians

Baryon

Berkeley, George

Beryllium

Big bang theoryCMBR andevidence ofirregular universe and inflationas spontaneous quantum eventwhen it happened

Black hole

Boshongo people

Boson

Brainlaws of science andmodel building of

Buckyballsbuckyball soccerparticle paths

Buoyancy, law of

Caenorhabditis elegans

Carbonas basis for lifecreation of, in primordial universetriple alpha process andin universe

Carroll, John W.

Cathode rays

CERN, Geneva

Chemistry

Chinese philosophy and mythologyGod as Creatortale of the ten suns

Christianitycreation as deliberate designJohn XXI’s list of heresies, science andmiraclesnatural laws as obedient to Godnotion of free will and purposePtolemaic model adopted by Roman Catholic Churchrejection of indifferent natural lawsRoman Catholic Church acknowledges wrong to Galileo

Clepsydra

Conway, John

Copernicus

Corpuscle theory

Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR)evidence of inflation and

Cosmological constant

Cosmology. See also Universe“bottom up” approachgrand design andlaws of nature as “fine-tuned”number of dimensions in the universepredictions in“top down” approach

Crater Lake, Oregon

Creation. See also Life; Universeaccount in Genesisbig bang theoryempirical evidence ofGod as Creatoras godlessof lifeM-theory andmythsorigin of the universespontaneous quantum creation of the universe

Curvature/curved spacesgeodesicsgreat circle

Darwin, Charles

Davisson, Clinton

Davy, Sir Humphrey

Delayed-choice experiments

Democritus

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres [Copernicus])

Descartes, René

Dicke, Robert

Double-slit experimentbuckyball soccerdelayed-choice experimentsFeynman’s insightparticle pathstwo-slit soccer“which-path” information

Dualities

Earthas center of the universecessation of rotationCopernican model andcreationcurvature of, and geodesicseclipse andether (luminiferous ether) andgravity andas hospitable to lifelaws of nature andMercator projection, world maporbitplanetary system ofPtolemaic model andseasonal weather patternsspeed of

Eccentricity of elliptical orbits

Eclipse (lunar or solar)prediction of

Economics

Eddington, Arthur

Effective theory

Egyptian creation myth

Einstein, Albertcosmological constanton creation of the universeexpanding universe andgeneral relativityphotoelectric effectspecial relativityon timeon unified theoryon the universe

Einstein’s theory of relativitygeneral relativityGPS satellite navigation systems and general relativityspace-time and general relativityspecial relativity

Electromagnetic forcebosons andelectroweak force andlight andMaxwell’s equationsQED andspeed of electromagnetic waves

Electronsdouble-slit experiment andFeynman diagrams andparticle paths

Electroweak forcethree new particles discovered

Elegance, of models

Empedocles

Energyconstant zeroof empty spaceof universe

Epicurus

Ether (luminiferous ether)

Euclid

Evolution

Faraday, Michael

Fermion

Feynman, Richard (Dick)Feynman diagramsFeynman pathsQED andsum over historiesvan owned by

FitzGerald, George Francis

Force fieldsbosonsfermions

Fowler, William

Free will

Friedmann, Alexander

Fuller, Buckminster

Galaxiesalternative histories andcosmological constant andexpanding universe andheavy elements and formation of

inhomogeneities in universe andlight from distantnumber of and stars inplanetary systems ofquantum fluctuations and formation of

Galileorate of falling objects theory

Game of Lifeblinkersevolution of a still lifeglider gunsglidersstill-life blocks

Geodesics

Germer, Lester

God (or gods)as causal in naturecreation andas dice-throwerfirst-cause argumentJoshua praying for the sun and moon to haltas mathematiciannatural laws, human statues andnatural laws andNewton’s belief in God’s interventionuniverse as God’s dollhousewhat happened before the world existed?

Grand designlaws of nature as “fine-tuned” andno-boundary condition and

Grand unified theories (GUTS)

Gravitational waves

Gravitycosmological constantcosmological constant andcreation of stars, galaxies, planetseffective theory andEinstein’s general relativity andgalaxies andmathematical formulation of theoryM-theory andNewton’s law oforbits and three dimensionsquantum theory andas shaper of space-timestandard model not applicablesupergravity theorywarpage of time and space byas weak force

Great circle

Greece, ancientdistinction between human and natural laws lackingIonian sciencelaws of nature andquestions of creation andscientific method lackingStoics

“Grimnismal” (The Elder Edda)

Harris, Sidney, cartoons by

Heisenberg, Werner

Heisenberg uncertainty principleempty space, impossibility of, andPlanck’s constant

Heliumbig bang theory andcreation of beryllium, carbon, andin primordial universe

Heraclitus

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Holographic principle

Hoyle, Fred

Hubble, Edwin

Humans. See also Lifecreation of, Biblicaldefinition of living beingsexistence relative to cosmic historyfree will andnatural laws andorigins of homo sapienspsychology as study of will and behaviorrobot vs.self-awarenesssoul ofwritten language and cultivation begun

Hume, David

Hydrogenfusion, in starsisotopesLamb shift andin primordial universe

Inertia, law of

Inflation theoryirregular universe and

“Initial conditions”

Intelligent design

Interferenceconstructivedestructivedouble-slit experimentNewton’s rings andpuddle interference“which-path” information andYoung’s experiment and

Ionian science

Johnson, Samuel

John XXI, Pope

Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord

Kepler, Johannes

Klamath Indians

Lamb shift

Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de

Large Hadron Collider, Geneva

Law of the lever

Laws of natureancient Greece andapparent lawsAristotle’s errorschanging conception ofdependent on history of the universeDescartes andelectric and magnetic forcesenergy andexceptions to (i.e., miracles)as fine-tunedfirst recognition offour classes of known forcesGalileo andgeneralizations vs.God andgrand designgravity, as first in mathematical languagehumans governed byinitial conditions andIonian sciencemathematical formulation ofmathematical formulation of, firstmodern concept ofmodern definitionM-theory andorigin ofquantum physics andrejection of indifferentsoul exempt fromstrong anthropic principle anduniqueness ofuniqueness of (one set of)

Lemaître, Georges

Lieh Yü-K’ou

Lifecarbon-based life-formcreation ofdefinition of living beingsenvironmental conditions forexistence offundamental constants as fine-tunedGod as CreatorGoldilocks zone andintelligentmultiverse concept andsolar system conditions andstrong anthropic principletheory of evolutionUltimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everythingweak anthropic principle and

Lightelectromagnetism andinterferenceMichelson-Morley experimentNewton’s theory of (particle/corpuscle theory)photoelectric effectpolarizedrefractionspeed oftheory of special relativity andwavelength andwave/particle dualitywave theoryYoung’s experiment

Lithiumin primordial universe

Lorentz, Hendrick Antoon

Mathematicsdevelopment oflaws of nature phrased in

Matrix, The (film)

Maxwell, James Clerk

Mayan people

Mercator projection, world map

Mercury

Meson

Michelson, Albert

Miracles

Model-dependent realismdualities andfour points of a good modelGame of Life andmeaning of existence andM-theory andquarks andsubatomic particles andvision andwhat happened before the world existed?

Monza, Italy

Mooneclipse ofas gravitational bound system (with earth)gravity and orbit ofin mythof other planets

Morley, Edward

M-theoryeleven space-time dimensions ofas grand designmultiple universes andp-branes“why M-theory”

Multiverse concept. See also Universe

Napoleon Bonaparte

Neutrino

Neutron

Newton, IsaacGod as Creator andtheories of, limitations

Newton’s law of gravity

Newton’s laws of motionearth’s rotation andmacroscopic objects and“the past” andplanetary orbits and

Newton’s rings

No-boundary condition

Norse mythology

Ørsted, Hans Christian

P-brane

Phase

Photoelectric effect

Photondelayed-choice experimentsFeynman diagrams and

Physics, classicalArchimedes andAristotle andpicture of the universeshortcomings for atomic and subatomic scales of existence

Physics, modern. See also Quantum physics/quantum theoriesFeynman diagrams, importance oftheoretical

Planck’s constant

Plato

Pope, Alexander

Principle of mediocrity

Probability amplitude

ProtonsGUTS andrate of decay (lifetime)

Psychology

Ptolemy

Pythagoras

Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)asymptotic freedom and

Quantum electrodynamics (QED)Feynman diagramsLamb shift andrenormalization andsum over histories and

Quantum fluctuations

Quantum jitters

Quantum physics/quantum theoryalternative historiesatomic, subatomic scales, andbuckyball experiment anddeterminism anddouble-slit experimentfor electromagnetism (see also quantum electrodynamics)electroweak forceFeynman pathsFeynman’s sum over historiesof forcesfour classes of known forcesgravity, problem oflarger objects andobservation of system, and alteration of courseorigin of universe as quantum event“the past” andPlanck’s constantprinciples ofprinciples of, and realityprobabilities andprobability amplitudequantum chromodynamics (QCD)quantum superpositiontesting theoriesuncertainty principlewave/particle duality

Quantum superposition

Quarksasymptotic freedombaryons andcolorsmesons andQCD and

Realism

Reality. See also Model-dependent realismanti-realistsclassical picture of objective existencefive-dimensional space-timegoldfish bowl exampleholographic principlelaw of nature andmodel-dependent realismmultiple historiesobjective, question of existence of“the past” andPtolemaic model ofquantum physics andrealistssimulated or alternative

Reference frames

Reflection, law of

Renormalization

Resonance

Salam, Abdus

Schönborn, Christoph

Scientific determinism

Scientific method

Second Life

Singularity

Soulpineal gland as seat of

Spacecurvature/curved spacesplanetary orbits and three dimensionsstraws and linesthree dimensions ofwarpage by matter and energy

Space-timecosmological constantas curved and distortedas fourth dimensionM-theory’s eleven dimensionsstring theory’s ten dimensionswarpage by gravity

Standard model

Stars. See also Sunexplosions (supernova)mass

Stoics

Straus, Ernst

Strings, law of

String theoryinternal spaceten dimensions in

Strong anthropic principle

Strong nuclear forceQCD and

Sum over historiesmultiverse concept and

SunAristarchus andas center of earth’s planetary systemgoverned by fixed lawslife on earth andin mythsolar eclipsestrong nuclear force andthree dimensional space andwavelengths of radiation

Supergravity theory

Supernova

Supersymmetry

Symmetry

Systemobservation of, and alteration of course

Tempier of Paris, Bishop

Thales of Miletus

Theory of everything. See also Feynman, Richard (Dick); M-theoryelectroweak forcegrand unified theories (GUTS)gravity, problem ofM-theoryquantum chromodynamics (QCD)quantum electrodynamics (QED)standard modelstring theory

Theory of relativity. See Einstein’s theory of relativity

Thomson, J. J.

Time. See also Space-timebeginning ofclock in airplane experimentspecial theory of relativity andtime dilationwarpage of

Triple alpha process

Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. See also Grand design

Ultimate theory of everything. See Theory of everything

Uncertainty principle. See Heisenberg uncertainty principle

Unified theory. See Theory of everything

Universe. See also Creation; Lifeage ofalternative histories ofancient interpretations and celestial predictionsballoon universe analogybig bang theorybinary star systemscarbon contentclassical picture ofCMBR andCopernican model ofdimensions ofearth as center ofearth’s planetary systemeccentricity of elliptical orbitsEinstein’s general theory of relativity andelements in primordialempty space, impossibility ofepisode of inflationexpanding modelFeynman’s sum over histories andgods as causal inas God’s dollhousegrand designgravity andhelium, lithium, and hydrogen inhuman-centeredinflation theoryinhomogeneities inlaws of (see also Laws of nature)M-theory andmultiple (see also Multiverse concept)multiple-star systemsno-boundary conditionorigin ofphlogiston theoryplanetary orbitsplanetary systems ofPtolemaic model ofrejection of indifferent natural lawssize ofsize of our galaxyspace-time warpagespontaneous quantum creation ofstarsstatic or steady-state theoryUltimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

Ussher, Bishop

Vacuum fluctuations

Virtual particles

Von Neumann, John

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Wavelengthradio wavesvisibleX-rays

Wave-particle duality

Wave theory. See also Interferencedouble-slit experimentFeynman’s sum over histories andinterferencephase

Weak anthropic principle

Weak nuclear forcequantum field theory of

Weinberg, Steven

Wheeler, John

“Which-path” information

Young, Thomas

“Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper” (“On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” [Einstein])

Zwicky, Fritz