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255 Index Abbott, Edwin, 120 absorption, 85, 87 acetonitrile, 93, 94, 154 acetylene, 136, 142, 143, 145 acetylide, 122 adhesives, 86, 89, 106, 149, 159, 222 advertisements, 45, 180, 193, 202, 206 air: actuating, 85, 87, 142, 176–78, 186; balloons and lift, 101–2, 105, 107–8; chemistry of, 91, 92, 137, 215, 231, 242; cooling, 131, 133, 167, 218; deforming film, 158, 159; flame and explosion, 142–44, 145, 148; gases in, 21, 59, 219–21; heating, 100–102, 139, 164, 221; pressure of, 22, 39, 88–89, 228, 231; solution, 174; sound in, 230; windage, 130, 140, 217, 227 air conditioning, 218 aircraft, 21, 46, 180, 181, 182, 191 alcohol, 56, 57, 226, 234 Alder, Michael, 5, 6, 67, 145 alkaloids, 227 Allen, Bryan, 182, 191 aluminum: coating, 71, 106–7, 158–60; compounds, 91, 93, 94; metal, 87, 140, 155–57, 177, 180, 222; powder, 178 Amdahl, Gene, 30 amino acids, 116 Andrews, David, xi, 47, 58, 136–39, 141–42, 151 anesthetics, 234 angina, 187, 188, 190, 191 anima, 233 animals: behavior, 14, 16–17, 36, 102, 195, 227; exploitation, 223; mind of, 3–6, 8, 12, 66, 72, 80, 233, 235; organs of, 215, 223, 232, 235, 237 Anova (Daedalus invention), 78 anteaters, 8 anthropic principle, 242 apartments, 16, 59 aquarium tanks, 102, 164 Arcton (gas), 102 argon, 59, 102, 221 Arlen, Harold, 21, 55 armor, 119 arsenic, x, 235–37, 248 astronauts, 81, 114, 202, 226 Atkinson, Bruce, 84 atom bomb, 241 atoms, 93, 110, 196, 198, 241 Babbage, Charles, 62 babies, 21, 61, 80 Bacon, Francis, 46 Bakelite, 169, 206 ball bearings, 167 balloon: bursting, 229; cosmological analogy, 113; gases in, 101–2; hot air, xi, 108; steam, 61, 71, 106–8 bathtub temperature, 191, 247 battery, 215 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation beach ball, 176, 177 Bean, W. B., 192 Beckman Company, 21 Bell Laboratories, 19, 26, 213 256 Index Bennett, Joe, 243 benzene, 9, 10, 93, 120 Berliner, Emil, 46 Berne, Eric, 70, 72, 243 Bernoulli, Daniel, 177, 178 Berthollet, Claude, 197 bicycles, xi, 18, 19, 43, 94–97, 99. See also unrideable bicycles birth, 25, 118, 225 bishop, 11, 204 Black, Harold, 19 black holes, 20, 109, 121, 238 Blackett, Patrick, 26, 52 Bletchley Park, 37 blood-brain barrier, 74 blood pressure, 186, 188, 190, 191 bosses, 27, 29, 45, 50, 59, 81, 218 Boulton and Watt, 22 Bowers, Henry, 17, 18 bowls, 127, 158 Boys, Charles, 10, 168 Bozzonetti, Yvan, 116 Bradley, Shirley, 236 Bragg, Stephen, 51, 52 brain: brainstorming, 54, 55; cell mechanism 202, 232, 233; dream state, 8, 79; malfunction of, 66, 67, 191, 225; sensory mechanisms of, 152, 202, 234; sex and, 62, 74, 76 brakes, 22 brightness, 123, 125, 161 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), xii, 36, 37, 236; censor, 208 brothers, xii, 40, 102, 173, 183–84 bubbles, 39, 54, 83 Buddhists, 233 Bullard, Sir Edward, 113 Burt, Cyril, 68 Butler, Samuel, 204 cakes, 148, 154, 155, 157 calcium carbide, 142 calcium carbonate, 188 calcium sulfide, 182, 183 candles, 141, 154, 156 cannabis, 57 Cantor, Georg, 58 carbon: absorbent, 47, 122; amorphous, 121, 122, 197, 198; astronomical, 120, 121; chemical, 67, 93, 198; as fuel, 137 carbon dioxide: in atmosphere, 212, 218, 221, 229; biological, 74, 157, 191, 227, 228; processes, 89, 181 Carnot, Nicholas, 127, 216, 218 cartoon film, 151, 152, 208 catalyst, 181, 220 catapult, 170 Cavendish, Henry, 58, 59 Cavendish Laboratory, 26 Censor: aiding in ideas coming up from, 15, 34–36, 48, 49, 54, 56, 247; distorting ideas coming up from, 8, 9, 11; ideas going down to, 31, 33, 34, 194, 248; mental entity, 4, 6, 245; outwitting , 7, 40; rejecting ideas coming up from, 50; unafraid to send ideas, 37, 40, 41, 42 Chadwick, James, 28 Chandler, Raymond, 57 Chandrasekhar, Subramanyan, 20, 53, 109, 121 chemistry: biochemistry, 227, 233, 242; bonds, 91, 93, 94, 101; demonstrations , 146, 169; history, 10, 46, 194, 196, 197; molecular structure, 13, 115, 119, 198; photochemistry, 123, 162; processes, 219, 222; pyrotechny, 136–38, 141; randomers, 185, 197, 198; space, 82, 84. See also individual chemicals chemists: chemicals and, 122, 162, 182, 206, 231, 242; instincts and kinds, 30, 37, 39, 51–52; occupation and art, x, xi, 38, 92 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 17 chlorine, 93, 146 chlorocellulose, 136 cholesterol, 187, 188 circular storm, 131 Clarke, Arthur C., 127, 233 cleaners, 105 climbing stairs, 190 Cockcroft, John, 28 coffee grinders, 132 computers, 37, 42, 46, 62, 65, 112, 210, 233. See also Internet...

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