The Science of Discworld II

197
    and rules of physical world 77
    Gödel, Escher, Bach (Hofstadter) 187
    gods 205–6
    polytheism 172
    Golan Heights 276
    gold, alchemy 67, 68
    Good Samaritan 116
    gorillas 88, 108, 124, 276
    Gould, Stephen Jay 312–13
    gracile apes 112–13
    gracile forms, evolution 109–11, 113
    Grandfather Paradox, time travel 313, 316
    gravity 73
    cold dark matter 20
    distribution of matter in universe 193–6
    potential energy 45
    relativity 314
    solar system 303
    Greece, ancient 99
    alchemy 66
    engineering 70, 237–8, 242, 243
    plays 341
    Renaissance and 65–6, 69
    Gregorian chants 270
    Grimm Brothers 115, 155
    Grotte Chauvet 275
    group behaviour, cultural evolution 94–5
    guanine 52
    Guardian 273
    Guilds 71*
    guilt 139
    Gulliver’s Travels (Swift) 222
    gypsies 137
    H
    Hamlet (Shakespeare) 271
    Hanging Gardens of Babylon 237
    Haplochromis burtoni 133
    â€˜Happy Birthday to You’ 328, 329
    Hardy, Alister 92
    harmony, music 270, 274
    Harris, Rolf 276
    Harrison, Harry 312–13
    Hausa tribe 116–17
    Hawaii 265
    Haydn, Joseph 263
    healing 68
    hearing 268–9, 270, 273, 290
    heat energy 189, 190
    heaven, ‘right way to heaven’ 157
    Heinlein, Robert A. 314
    helium, carbon formation 28–30
    Hell 221, 222
    Heller, Joseph 311*
    heretics 221
    Hermes Trismegistos 66, 72
    Hermeticism 72, 73
    Hero of Alexandria 70
    heroes 157–8
    hidden knowledge 71–2
    Hinduism 169
    history
    â€˜alternate universe’ stories 312
    historical dynamic 301–3, 308, 311–12, 327–8
    rules 302–3, 308
    storytelling 309
    teaching with lies 293
    History of Science in China (Needham) 172
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Adams) 304
    Hitler, Adolf 311
    Hivites 139–40
    Hofstadter, Douglas 187
    Hogan, Craig 30
    Hollywood 79, 121, 136, 265, 266
    Holy Wars 222
    homeopathy 71, 72
    hominids 88, 113
    Homo 112–13
    Homo erectus 88, 113, 122, 150
    Homo ergaster 88, 113
    Homo habilis 88, 113
    Homo heidelbergensis 88
    Homo neanderthalensis 88
    Homo rudolfensis 88
    Homo sapiens 32, 88, 113, 122, 150, 342, 345
    Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 113–14
    Homo sapiens sapiens 114
    honey 284
    honour 138
    horns, co-evolution 310
    horoscopes 65, 66
    horses
    bounding 241–2
    co-evolution with humans 121–2
    domestication 117, 118
    trotting 242, 243–4
    hospitals 291
    house-martins 116
    hover-flies 284
    Hoyle, Fred 29–30
    hula dances 265
    Human Genome Project 185
    humans
    brains 90
    cloning 31
    co-evolution with animals 119–22
    creativity 107
    cultural evolution 89–100
    cultural identity 96–8
    domestication of animals 117–21
    early population size 122–5
    evolution 87–8, 108–9, 112–14
    genetic diversity 122, 132–3
    genome 52–3, 185–6
    importance of storytelling 116–17
    mitochondrial DNA 123–4
    puberty rituals 134–7
    racial differences 122
    regard for children 117
    total number of 52
    use of alternative scenarios 149–51, 155–6
    hunting, dogs 94–5
    hydrochloric acid 66
    hyenas 109
    hypercolumns, visual cortex 267
    hypotheses, scientific method 239–41, 248–9
    I
    ice ages 108
    iconic figures, storytelling 74, 155
    ideas, memes 328–33
    ideologies, memetics 332
    ignorance 72
    illusions, magicians 72
    immortality, Elixir of Life 66–7
    immune system, genetics 124–5, 131–2
    India 107
    music 270
    Indian elephant 110, 111
    infinity 49
    information 182–4
    context 187–8, 192–3
    entropy 189, 192–3
    genomes 185–7
    and meaning 184–5
    universe as 196–8
    Information Age 181–2
    innocence, primitive tribes 264
    innovation
    cultural evolution 94
    genetic evolution 55, 57
    Inquirer 292
    Inquisition 172, 218, 220, 221–2, 245
    intelligence
    and human evolution 89–90, 99
    lies 286
    memetics 330
    interbreeding, species 110, 111
    Internet 96, 329
    Inuit, storytelling 74
    invertebrates, play 119
    invisibility, cold dark matter 20
    Iran 96
    Is God a Virus? (Bowker) 331
    Islam 157
    Israelites 139–40
    J
    Japanese, speech development 269, 290
    Java 88
    jazz 263, 264, 265
    Jehovah 167, 210, 211–12
    Jews
    Cohen family 138–9, 141–3
    Judaism 210–12
    Kabbala 66, 76*
    rituals 136–7
    â€˜Shema’ prayer 331*
    verbal ability 137
    journalism 291–2, 325–6
    Joyce, James 50*
    Judaism 210–12
    Judgement Day 72
    jukeboxes 187–8
    justice 340
    K
    Kabbala 66, 76*
    karma 171
    Kauffman, Stuart