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subject index 409<br />

C<br />

cumulonimbus<br />

cumulonimbus 204<br />

cumulus 204<br />

curiosity 315–317<br />

definition 315<br />

steps 280<br />

curl 80<br />

illustration of 80<br />

visualization of 80<br />

current<br />

electric 22<br />

indeterminacy 71<br />

rotate metals, illustration<br />

43<br />

table of sensors 32<br />

table of values 32<br />

cyclotron frequency 335<br />

cyclotron resonance 218<br />

cysteine 291<br />

D<br />

D4DR gene 385<br />

daisy 268<br />

daltonism 197<br />

dark-field microscopy 140<br />

day<br />

sidereal 336<br />

time unit 329<br />

de Broglie wavelength 328<br />

de Haas–van Alphen effect 43<br />

dead alone are legal 144<br />

deca 329<br />

deci 329<br />

decimal expansion, periodic<br />

274<br />

deep sea fish 221<br />

deflector<br />

acousto-optic 165, 166<br />

electro-optic 166<br />

degree<br />

angle unit 329<br />

degree Celsius 329<br />

deity 299<br />

delta waves 241<br />

demarcation 312<br />

demon<br />

Maxwell’s 248<br />

demon, Maxwell’s 248<br />

depression<br />

treatment 253<br />

description 309<br />

definition 309<br />

design 308<br />

intelligent 308<br />

details 286<br />

details of nature 238<br />

deutan 197<br />

deviation<br />

standard, illustration 331<br />

diagonal argument 357<br />

diamagnetic materials 37, 212<br />

diamagnetism 37, 217<br />

diamond 154, 216, 220<br />

dispersion in 154<br />

dichroism 218, 220<br />

dichroism, circular 227<br />

dielectric mirrors 151<br />

dielectricity 219<br />

dielectrics 22<br />

differential interference<br />

contrast microscopy 140<br />

diffraction 162–165<br />

at fingers, photograph of<br />

99<br />

diffraction limit 162, 164<br />

digit<br />

origin of 276<br />

digital computer 254<br />

dimensionality 27, 44<br />

dimensionality, spatial 133<br />

dimensionless 335<br />

diopter 351<br />

dipole<br />

magnetic 36<br />

dipole strength 65<br />

direction 27, 44<br />

disappointment<br />

of the television industry<br />

189<br />

disasters<br />

table of future 323<br />

disasters, future 323<br />

discovery<br />

of physical concepts 279<br />

dispersion 154<br />

in eye, illustration of 158<br />

in the eye 158<br />

dispersion relation 95<br />

dispersion, anomalous 369<br />

display 189–190<br />

3-dimensional,<br />

photograph of 172<br />

classes of 189<br />

photo-realistic 171<br />

window-realistic 171<br />

distinguishability 23, 27, 44<br />

distribution, Gaussian 331<br />

distribution, normal 247, 331<br />

divergent lenses 155<br />

divine surprises 314<br />

DNA 106<br />

DNA 245, 246, 250, 269<br />

doctrine 283<br />

dodecachromaticity 125<br />

Dolichopteryxlongipes 151<br />

domain<br />

definition 266<br />

donate<br />

for this free pdf 9<br />

dopamine 385<br />

Doppler effect<br />

reversed 160<br />

Dove prism 349<br />

down quark mass 334<br />

dragging of vector potential<br />

by currents 81<br />

dream<br />

riddle 288<br />

dreams 238<br />

energy and 248<br />

drift speed 232<br />

dual field tensor 76<br />

duality<br />

electromagnetic 88<br />

duality transformation 76<br />

dust 220<br />

Dutch telescope 156<br />

DVD drive 201<br />

dwarfs 198<br />

dyadic numbers 271<br />

dyadic rational numbers 270<br />

dynamo 28, 41<br />

principle of 46<br />

dyons 364<br />

E<br />

ε 0 25<br />

Earnshaw’s theorem 212<br />

Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net

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