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422 subject index S Scarabeus Scarabeus 109 scattering 123, 166, 220 Schadt–Helfrichs effect 219 Schottky effect 219 Schumann resonances 375 science 292 oldest 291 science of symbolic necessities 262, 272 science, end of 304 scientific method steps 280 scientism 292 scientist 292 misnomer 292 scotopic sensitvity 353 Se 221 second 329 definition 327, 338 second harmonic generation 222 Seebeck effect 216 seeing 144, 166 self-referential 286 semi-ring 268 semiconductivity 216 semiconductor luminescence 221 semiconductors 218 sensations 238 sense brain and 252 sense of life 309 sense of nature 309 sensor 50 separability 23, 305 of the universe 305 sequence 23 serious 313 set 261, 262 definition 262–264 definition, illustration 262 definition, table of 263 sets useful to describe the universe? 304 seven sages 16 shadow and wave effects, illustrations of 163 of cables 64 with halo or aureole 188 shadow of Great Wall in China 162, 372 shadow with hole 163 shadows, colour of 368 sharks 32 SHF, super high frequency 105 shrimp and vision 125 shrimps 109 Shubnikov–de Haas effect 43, 218 SI new 330 prefixes table of 329 units 327, 332 Si – silicon 219 SI system 25, 147 SI units definition 327 supplementary 328 siemens 329 sievert 329 sign 256 signal cannot move faster than light 132 definition details 132 is energy transport 132 physical 129 speed of 129–132 signal speed 129 silicon 216, 217 silver 22 simian principle 313 single atom 68 singularity, naked 324 skin 105 depth imaging 187 riddle 289 skin effect 216 sky 220 blue colour of 123 evening, milk simulation 123 sleep learning and 253 why we 253 sleeping beauty effect 115 slit graph of transmission 100 sloth in physics 278 small, infinitely does not exist in nature 326 smart phone 290 Smekal–Raman effect 220 smog electromagnetic 224 Snell’s ‘law’ 154 Snell’s law 351 SNOM photograph 175 snowflakes 268 sodium 50 sodium vanadate 108 soft gamma repeater 35 solar cells 28, 220 solar energy 146 solar sail effect 220 solar storms 225 solar wind 35, 63, 65, 120, 220 solid state physics 223 in society 223 solidity 215, 222 sonography 177 sonoluminescence 222 sound 162 south pole 36 magnetic 42 south poles 323 south-pointing carriage 137 soviets 41 spanners optical 119 spark generation 19 sparks 26 spectrometers 121 spectrum solar, graph of 142 table of electromagnetic 104 speculations 281 speed electron drift 66 Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net
subject index 423 S speed limit 139 of electric signals 232 of electrons 232–233 of lightc physics and 8 of lightning bolt tip 64 of water in a hose 232 speed of light 232 and chocolate 98 and satellite phone call 98 is invariant 114–115 observer motion is impossible 115 true 132 types of 129–132 sphere, hairy 347 spider jumping 156 spiders 109, 156 spin 43 electron 43 spin 1 particles 120 spin 2 particles 120 spin valve effect 217 spirals 276 spirituality definition 284 sponsor this free pdf 9 spookfish 151 sprites 207 square inverse radius dependence 25 square, magic 275 squark 388 squinting 162 SrAlO 4 221 standard deviation 331 illustration 331 star green 144 star approach 324 Stark effect 219 stars 268 statements 236 empirical 283 speculative 283 undecidable 286 without sense 286–287 statements, boring 285 steel 37 Stefan–Boltzmann black body radiation constant 223 Stefan–Boltzmann constant 336 steppers wafer 201 steradian 328 stereopsis 167 stigmata 290 stilts 288 stimulated Brillouin scattering 222 stock exchange 31 stone strange 15 stones 266, 306, 311, 317 storage, magnetic 57 storms, solar 225 strange quark mass 334 stratus 204 strike with a field 78 strong coupling constant 333 structure algebraic 267 order 267 topological 267 stun gun 54 subjects 258 sugar 220, 221, 351 sugar syrup 152 sulphuric acid 219 sum of parts 299 Sun 355, 378 aging of 324 evening 122 Sun dogs 371 Sun pillars 158 Sun’s age 337 Sun’s heat emission 355, 378 Sun’s lower photospheric pressure 338 Sun’s luminosity 337, 355, 378 Sun’s mass 337 Sun’s power 198 Sun’s surface gravity 338 sundogs 128 sunflower 268 sunglasses and apes 198 sunlight measures of 134 sunny day 147 sunset 122, 123 supercomputer 252 superconductivity 216 superconductors 218 superlens 161 superluminal 132 supermarkets 198 supernatural phenomena 298 supernovae 324 supernumerary rainbows 99 superposition 95, 290 superradiation 222 superstition 283, 317, 359 support this free pdf 9 suprises divine 314 surprises none in nature 322 surreal 270 surreal numbers 383 illustration 270 SW, short waves 104 switch electrical 56 puzzle 56 switch, inverter 344 switchable magnetism 217 switchable mirror 220 symbol mathematical 294 symbolic necessities, science of 272 symbols 256 symmetries as inductive statements 297 synapses 246, 249 syrup 351 bends light, photograph 152 refraction illustration 153 Système International 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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