The Science of Discworld IV

129–33
    and Ptolemaic cosmology,
see under
cosmology
    shape of 22, 47, 54, 92–114
passim
, 212, 218;
see also
universe, shape of
    see also
cosmology
    Earth
107
    Earth not a Globe Review
107
    Edamaruku, Sanal 318–20
    Eddington, Arthur Stanley 62
n
, 238
    Edison, Thomas 190
    Egypt:
    cosmology of 96–8
    creation myths of 52–3, 97, 100
    gods/goddesses in 26, 52
    Einstein, Albert 239, 245
    and cosmological constant 241, 244
    curved spacetime of 23, 64, 78
    and dice 165
    general relativity theory of 215, 217–18, 238
    and origin of universe 241
    special relativity theory of 219
    and static universe 241–2
    and unified field theory 222
    electromagnetic waves, discovery of 36
    elephant, in mythology 47, 48–9, 55–7, 58–9, 62
    Encyclopaedia Britannica
34
    End of Time
,
The
(Barbour) 225–6
    Enlightenment 257
    Enûma Anu Enlil
99
    Episode on the Flatland
,
A
(Hinton) 212
    Eratosthenes 100
    Esalen 262
    Escher, Maurits 227, 238
    Essay Concerning Human Understanding
(Locke) 55
    Essential Readings in Biosemiotics
(Favareau) 79
    eternal inflation 244–5
    Euclid 64–5, 213, 214
    evolution:
    and bacterial ‘motor’ 190–3
    and convergence, fossils’ evidence of 185
    and creationism 23
    cultural 94, 184, 188
    and cultural development 94
    and exaptation 189–90, 192, 197
    as exploration, not purposive 181
    and flagellum 190–1
    of frogs 83
    and genetic assimilation 195
    and genetic variability 186
    and imagination 195–7
    vs intelligent design (
q.v.
) 156, 181, 186–7, 190–1, 316–17
    and irreducible complexity 191–3
    Lamarckian 194–5
    of mousetrap 182, 193;
see also
evolution: of technology
    and mutation 186
    ‘only a theory’ 32
    organic compared to technical 202–5
    and recombination 186, 195
    and religion 318
    of technology 181–4, 189, 190, 193–5, 197–205
passim
;
see also
evolution: of mousetrap
    two levels of 184
    ‘waste products’ from 193
    of writing and telecommunication 201–2
    exaptation 189–90, 192, 197
    extelligence 256, 309, 310
    faith,
see
belief; religion
    Fallacy of Fine-Tuning
,
The
(Stenger) 288
    Favareau, Donald 79
    Fedkin, Alexei 132
n
    Fermi, Enrico 19
    Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope 129
    Feynman, Richard 73, 158, 168–9
    Figments of Reality
(Stewart, Cohen) 63
    Finland, creation myths of 101
    flagellum 190–1
    Flamingo’s Smile
,
The
(Gould) 197
    flat Earth,
see
Earth: shape of
    Flat Earth Society 106, 108
    see also
Earth: shape of
    Flatland
(Abbott) 212–13, 218, 223
    Flatterland
(Stewart) 212
n
    forces of nature, four basic 19
    fossil record 179, 180
    at Burgess Shale 184–5, 203
    Fourier, Joseph 161
    Fowler, William 287
    Freedom Evolves
(Dennett) 76
    Freud, Sigmund 80
    Friedmann, Aleksandr 238, 241
    Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric 240
    Future Shock
(Toffler) 184
    Galápagos Islands 7
    Galileo 20, 310
    gamma rays 126–8
    Gardner, Marshall 111
    Gardner, Martin 261
    Gauss, Carl Freidrich 213–14, 215, 223
    Geb 97
    see also
gods/goddesses
    general semantics 262
    General Synod 23
    general system theory 262
    Genesis, and the Big Bang 50
    genetic assimilation 195
    geodesics 222, 240
    Gervais, Ricky 322–3
    Gervais, Will 263
    global warming,
see
climate change
    God 64, 124, 159, 180, 251, 263, 264
    and American economy 126
    British Humanist Society’s campaign concerning 252
    differing ‘wishes’ of 321
    Gallup poll on 61
    ‘is good’, and moral argument 307–8
    ontological argument for 311
    and probability 266–7
    silence of (
silentio dei
) 320–2
    and slavery 157
    see also
belief; Higgs boson; religion
    God particle,
see
Higgs boson
    God Particle
,
The
(Ledermann) 159
    gods/goddesses:
    Atlas 48
    Cantzicnal 53
    Chaac 53
    Egyptian 52
    in Egyptian hieroglyphs 26
    Geb 97
    God,
see
God
    God N 54, 55
    Hari 57
    Hathor 100
    heavenly bodies seen as 25, 97
    Hobnil 53
    Hosanek 53
    Ilmatar 101
    Iroquois 52
    Isis 52
    Krishna 57
    Mayan 53–4
    and natural phenomena 124, 258
    Nut 97
    One Death 54
    Osiris 52
    Pangu 101
    Pauahutun 53
    Ra 97, 100
    Saccimi 53
    Selene 130
    Seth 52
    Seven Death 54
    Shu 97
    Thor 124, 129
    Thoth 100
    Vishnu 57
    Xmucane 54, 55
    Xpiyacoc 54
    see also
belief; religion
    Gold, Thomas 239
    Goldilocks zone 296, 298
    Gosse, Philip 62
n
    Gould, Stephen Jay 184–5, 189, 197
    GPS 32
    Graham, Angus 98
    gravity 19
    on Roundworld 3
    Great Pyramid of Khufu 47
    Greece:
    centre of natural philosophy shifts to 99
    cosmology of 99–101
    Griffith, Ralph 57
    Halley, Edmond 111
    Hammurabi 98
    Hampden, John 106
    Hari 57
    see