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spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases) 75–100
Stanley, Matthew 65
Stanley, Wendell Meredith 85–7, 87, 88, 88–9, 90
Staphylococcus, antibiotic-resistant 116, 171
star(s), dying, and black holes 194–8
starfish 188
stem cells in reproductive medicine 148–51
Steptoe, Patrick 135, 136–8
stomach bacteria and gastric ulcers 112–25
stratosphere, ozone destruction 223, 224, 228
Sun (and solar events) 202, 203–4, 205
eclipse, and Einstein’s theories 64–8
hole in ozone layer and increased exposure to radiation 222–3
solar flare, and its effects 203–5
superconductors 168, 190
Swift, Jonathan 169
symmetry in nature, Faraday’s concept of 37, 38
synthetic (artificial) cells
bacteria 145–6
germ cells 148–51
syphilis (Treponema pallidum
infection) 113
unethical study 126
Szent-Györgyi, Albert 176, 259
T
Taubes, Gary 91, 92
teaching see education
television 4
Teller, Edward 220
Tesla, Nikola 29–30
test tube (IVF) babies 134–8, 141, 142, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154–5, 156
testicular cell growth factors in proto-egg manufacture 150–1
tetraethylpyrophosphate (TEPP) 231
Thomson J. J. 48, 49, 50, 57, 67–8
tidal motion theory 45–6, 47, 48
timidity of scientists 239
tobacco mosaic virus 86–7, 88
transistors 165–8, 208–10
transposition (genetics) 171–7
Trounson, Alan 150–1
Tuskegee syphilis study 126
Tyson, Neil deGrasse 39
U
Udall, Stewart 233
‘Undiscovered’ Discovery 88, 89, 90
UNICEF and FC Barcelona 206–7
United States see US
universe, origin
Big Bang theory 11, 12, 161
historical beliefs 159–61
US
Congress and the greenhouse effect 235–6
Department of Energy, Hansen and 237
National Academy of Sciences see National Academy of Sciences
uterus see womb
V
Vande Wiele, Raymond 133–4, 136
Varela, Francisco 182
Venter, Craig 142–7
virino and prion diseases 82–3, 92, 99
viruses 86–7
and prion diseases 78, 79, 80, 86–7, 92, 94, 99
von Laue, Max 61
von Pettenkofer, Max 132
von Storch, Hans 9
Vutevich, John 254
W
Wakefield, Andrew 126–7
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) 10–11
Warren, Robin 112–13, 114, 115, 117, 118, 121
Warren, Stephen 144
Waterston, John James 170
Watson, Bob 9
Watson, James 44, 87–8, 89, 144, 242, 243, 245, 248, 250, 259
Weart, Spencer 197–8
Wegener, Alfred 169–70
Westfall, Simon 74
Whitbeck, Caroline 54
white dwarf stars 198
White-Stephens, Robert 231–2
Wilkins, Maurice 245, 248
Williamson, Donald 187–9
Wilson, Robert 12
womb (uterus)
artificial 152–3, 156
baby growth outside of 153–4
Woodruff, Theresa 151
World War II see Second World War
X
xylyl bromide (tear gas) 57
Y
yellow fever 125–6
Z
Zangger, Heinrich 69
Table of Contents
Prologue
1 How it Begins
Dreams, drugs and visions from God
2 The Delinquents
Rules are there to be broken
3 Masters of Illusion
Evidence isn’t everything
4 Playing with Fire
No pain, no gain
5 Sacrilege
Breaking taboos is part of the game
6 Fight Club
There’s no prize for the runner-up
7 Defending the Throne
Machiavelli would be proud
8 In the Line of Fire
Life on the barricades
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes and sources
Index